Table 3 Characteristics of the patients' Working Alliance Inventory (WAI-P) and correlations with therapist composite ratings (WAI-T) and psychopathology in the treatment group (n = 41).
Time of assessment | Intercorrelations of the WAI Correlation of 10th session data | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Working Alliance Invent. (scale from 1–7) | 4th M (SD) | 10th M (SD) | Test p | 2 | 2a | 2b | 2c | IES | BSI depr. | BSI anx. | SF121 Psych. | SF121 Physic | |
1 | Therapists view therap. alliance (composite) | 5.6 (.72) | 5.8 (.98) | n.s. | .37* | .21 | .52** | .17 | -.30 | -.46* | -.33* | .36* | .11 |
2 | Patients view therap. alliance (composite) | 5.8 (.64) | 6.3 (.54) | > .001 | .92** | .87** | .77** | -.50* | -.50* | -.50* | .35* | .20 | |
2a | Agreement on therapeutic goals | 5.8 (.77) | 6.3 (.65) | > .005 | .85** | .52** | -.53** | -.52* | -.40* | .40* | .13 | ||
2b | Agreement on therapeutic tasks | 5.7 (.83) | 6.2 (.69) | > .001 | 39* | -.53** | -.61** | -.38* | .48* | .10 | |||
2c | Therapeutic bond | 6.2 (.69) | 6.4 (.57) | > .05 | -.25 | -.17 | -.48* | .03 | .28 | ||||