A Hong Kong study of working alliance inventory short form – therapist

Abstract Background Relational aspects of primary care are important, but we have no standard measure for assessment. The ‘working alliance’ incorporates elements of the therapeutic relationship, shared decision-making, goal setting and communication skills. The Working Alliance Inventory (short form) (WAI-SF) has been used in adult psychology, and a high score on the survey is associated with improved outcomes for clients. Objective To adapt the WAI-SF for use between GPs and patients and to test its concurrent validity with measures of shared decision-making and the doctor–patient relationship and discriminant validity with measures of social desirability. Methods Two rounds of online survey feedback from 55 GPs and 47 patients were used to adapt the WAI-SF—the WAI-GP. The tool was then completed by 142 patients in waiting rooms after seeing their GP and by 16 GPs at the end of their session. Concurrent validity with measures of shared decision-making and patient–doctor depth of relationship was determined using Spearman Rho correlations. Patients also completed two social desirability surveys, and discriminant validity with WAI-GP was assessed. Results Following feedback, the survey was re-worded to remove phrases that were perceived as judgmental or irrelevant. The patient measure of the WAI-GP was strongly correlated with Dyadic OPTION (rho = 0.705, P = 0.0001) and Patient–Doctor Depth of Relationship scale (rho = 0.591, P = 0.0001) and not with measures of social desirability. Conclusion The psychometric properties of the WAI-GP support its use for measuring GP-patient alliance. Possibilities for use include assessing the influence of therapeutic alliance on the effectiveness of interventions.

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Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Working Alliance Inventory- Short Form

Turkish Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.5080/u18260 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

I. Volkan Gulum ◽

Sait Uluc ◽

Gonca Soygut

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Working Alliance ◽

Short Form ◽

Working Alliance Inventory

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Shifting Perspectives: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Working Alliance Inventory (Short Form) With High-Risk Violent Offenders

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ◽

10.1177/0306624x10384948 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

E. C. Ross ◽

D. L. L. Polaschek ◽

M. Wilson

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

High Risk ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Working Alliance ◽

Short Form ◽

Violent Offenders ◽

Working Alliance Inventory ◽

Confirmatory Factor

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Working Alliance Inventory-Short Form Revised

Journal of Physiotherapy ◽

10.1016/j.jphys.2017.01.001 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 63 (2) ◽

pp. 118 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Davy Paap ◽

Pieter U. Dijkstra

Keyword(s):

Working Alliance ◽

Short Form ◽

Working Alliance Inventory

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Personalidad, experiencia y formación del psicoterapeuta como predictor de la alianza terapéutica

Psicología Iberoamericana ◽

10.48102/pi.v25i2.102 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 17-25

Author(s):

Javier De la Fuente Zepeda ◽

Cinthia Cruz del Castillo

Keyword(s):

Working Alliance ◽

Social Desirability ◽

Short Form ◽

Short Version ◽

Social Desirability Scale ◽

Working Alliance Inventory

En esta investigación se analizaron factores asociados al psicoterapeuta con influencia potencial sobre la relación con el paciente. Con base en la literatura, las variables consideradas inicialmente fueron: personalidad, compromiso, re- flexión, experiencia y formación del psicoterapeuta. Mediante un muestreo no probabilístico intencional, se conformó un grupo de 50 participantes (psicoterapeutas que ejercen en la Ciudad de México). Para la medición de las variables asociadas al terapeuta, se utilizaron los siguientes instrumentos: la versión abre- viada del cuestionario ept-c (Castañeiras, Ledesma, García, & Fernández-Álvarez, 2008) y traducciones adaptadas de la Short Version of the Working Alliance Inventory (Tracey & Kokotovic, 1989), del 20 Item Mini ipip (Donnellan, Oswald, Baird, & Lucas, 2006) y de la Short Form of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (Strahan & Gerbasi, 1972). Utilizando una regresión lineal se encontró que las variables personalidad (intelecto/imaginación), experiencia y formación predicen de manera significativa el nivel de la alianza terapéutica.

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