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Adolescent and Parent Alliances With Therapists in Brief Strategic Family Therapy TM With Drug‐Using Hispanic Adolescents
Author(s) -
Robbins Michael S.,
Mayorga Carla C.,
Mitrani Victoria B.,
Szapocznik José,
Turner Charles W.,
Alexander James F.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00075.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , alliance , dropout (neural networks) , clinical psychology , psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , psychiatry , machine learning , political science , computer science , law
This study examined the relationship between alliance and retention in family therapy. Alliance was examined at the individual (parent, adolescent) and family level (within‐family differences) for families that either dropped out or completed family therapy. Participants were 31 Hispanic adolescents and their family members who received brief strategic family therapy for the treatment of adolescent drug use. Videotapes of first sessions were rated to identify parent and adolescent alliances with the therapist. Results demonstrated that Completer cases had significantly higher levels of alliance across all family members than Dropout cases, and Dropout cases had significantly higher unbalanced alliances than Completer cases. Clinical implications are discussed.