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A therapist version of the Alliance Negotiation Scale
Jennifer M Doran1,2, Juan Martín Gómez-Penedo3, Jeremy D Safran4
1VA Connecticut Healthcare System, CT, USA.
Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
|May 4, 2018
Summary
Researchers developed a therapist version of the Alliance Negotiation Scale (ANS-T) to measure working alliance in psychotherapy. This new scale shows initial reliability and validity for therapist self-report.
Area of Science:
- Psychotherapy Research
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychometrics
Background:
- The working alliance is a key component of effective psychotherapy.
- Existing measures, like the Alliance Negotiation Scale (ANS), primarily use client self-report.
- A therapist's perspective on the alliance is crucial for a complete understanding.
Purpose of the Study:
- To design and evaluate a therapist self-report version of the Alliance Negotiation Scale (ANS).
- To create a complementary measure to the existing client-reported ANS.
- To operationalize dyadic negotiation within the psychotherapy working alliance from the therapist's viewpoint.
Main Methods:
- Development of the Alliance Negotiation Scale-Therapist version (ANS-T).
- Principal components analysis was used for scale construction with a sample of 114 therapists.
- Preliminary psychometric investigation including reliability and validity assessments.
Main Results:
- The ANS-T was successfully developed, comprising 9 unidimensional items.
- The ANS-T demonstrated moderate correlation with therapist-reported working alliance (r = .468).
- Initial psychometric analysis supports the scale's composition, reliability, and validity.
Conclusions:
- The therapist version of the Alliance Negotiation Scale (ANS-T) is a viable measure.
- The ANS-T provides valuable therapist self-report data on the working alliance.
- Further research is supported to establish the ANS-T's clinical utility and psychometric properties.
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