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Journal of Child and Adolescent Counseling Volume 4, 2018 - Issue 1
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Examining the Relationship Between Working Alliance and Therapeutic Goal Attainment With Adolescents in Crisis

Erika L. SchmitDepartment of Psychology, Counseling, & Special Education, Texas A&M University - Commerce, Texas A&M University–Commerce, Commerce, Texas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Richard S. BalkinDepartment of Leadership and Counselor Education University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USA
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K. Michelle Hunnicutt HollenbaughDepartment of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
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Marvarene OliverDepartment of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Pages 20-33 | Published online: 03 Aug 2017
 
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Abstract

Literature regarding the relationship between working alliance and therapeutic goal attainment is limited. The purpose of this correlational study was to explore working alliance and therapeutic goal attainment with 75 adolescents in an inpatient, acute care, behavioral hospital in south Texas. Two canonical correlation analyses were conducted utilizing sets of subscale scores from the Working Alliance Inventory—Short Form (WAI-S) and the Crisis Stabilization Scale (CriSS). A statistically significant relationship was found between the clinician version of WAI-S subscales and the CriSS subscales, while no statistically significant relationship was found between the client version of WAI-S subscales and the CriSS subscales. A strong working alliance, specifically collaboration on tasks in counseling, is important for adolescents’ achievement of goals related to stabilization. In addition, clients may over report progress in counseling.

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