Interchangeability of the Working Alliance Inventory and Working Alliance Inventory, Short Form.
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Psychological Assessment
- Vol. 15 (2) , 193-197
- https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.15.2.193
Abstract
Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) ratings were compared with ratings comprising the 12-item WAI, Short Form (WAI-S). Responses were collected from 54 university counseling center client-therapist pairs after the 4th therapy session as well as at a final ratings point. WAI and WAI-S scores were highly correlated and had comparable descriptive statistics, internal consistencies, and subscale intercorrelations within and across rater perspectives. Predictive validity estimates for WAI and WAI-S total scales were also very similar. Fourth-session WAI and WAI-S scores were moderately predictive of therapy improvement ratings. Results support the interchangeability of scores on the WAI and WAI-S scales.Keywords
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