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Alliance structure assessed by the Agnew Relationship Measure (ARM)
Author(s) -
AgnewDavies Roxane,
Stiles William B.,
Hardy Gillian E.,
Barkham Michael,
Shapiro David A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01291.x
Subject(s) - alliance , psychology , multidimensional scaling , general partnership , construct (python library) , session (web analytics) , openness to experience , internal consistency , scale (ratio) , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , psychometrics , statistics , computer science , physics , mathematics , finance , quantum mechanics , world wide web , political science , law , economics , programming language
Objectives . We used a new instrument, the Agnew Relationship Measure (ARM), to examine the alliance's dimensionality and to construct scales for use in future studies. Design . We studied the alliance as reported on the ARM by both clients and therapists in the Second Sheffield Psychotherapy Project, a randomized comparison of two contrasting time‐limited psychotherapies for depression. Methods . Clients ( N = 95) and therapists ( N = 5) completed parallel forms of the (ARM) after every session ( N = 1120). Results . Five scales were constructed, based on results of simultaneous components analyses and considerations of conceptual coherence and comparability across client and therapist perspectives. Conclusions . Bond, partnership, and confidence overlapped statistically (consistent with previous studies), but there are conceptual and empirical reasons for retaining the distinctions. Openness represented a relatively independent dimension. The client initiative scale had low internal consistency but the items may have value for future investigations.