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Child-therapist and parent-therapist alliance and therapeutic change in the treatment of children referred for oppositional, aggressive, and antisocial behavior

Kazdin, Alan E., Whitley, Moira, Marciano, Paul L.·2006·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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BACKGROUND: We examined the therapeutic alliance in evidence-based treatment for children (N = 77, 19 girls, 58 boys, ages 6-14) referred clinically for oppositional, aggressive, and antisocial behavior. METHOD: Different alliances (child-therapist, parent-therapist) were assessed from each participant's perspective at two points over the course of treatment. Both the quality of the child-therapist and the parent-therapist alliance predicted therapeutic changes in the children; the parent-therapist alliance also predicted improvements in parenting practices in the home. RESULTS: The findings could not easily be attributed to the influence of other domains (socioeconomic disadvantage, parent psychopathology and stress, and severity of child dysfunction) known to predict therapeutic change or to rater effects (common rater variance) in the predictors and criteria. CONCLUSION: The therapeutic alliance warrants increased attention to understand the precise role in treatment and whether or how the alliance can be mobilized to enhance change.

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Authors
Kazdin, A. E., Whitley, M., & Marciano, P. L.
Affiliations
Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
Kazdin, Alan E.
Venue
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2005-06-09
Volume
47
Issue
5
Pages
436-445
ISSN
  • 0021-9630 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7610
OpenAlex
W2121892483
Cited by
188
References
28
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FWCI
3.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine
  • Leon Lowenstein Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH59029, R01MH059029)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Therapy and Development
Keywords
therapeutic relationship, therapeutic change, oppositional behavior, aggression, antisocial behavior, children, parenting practices, evidence-based treatment, rater effects
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aggression, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Child, Psychology, Child, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Middle Aged, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Physician-Patient Relations, Predictive Value of Tests, Psychoanalytic Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders

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