| Self-reported attachment styles and therapeutic orientation of therapists and their relationship with reported general alliance quality and problems in therapy. | |
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PMID: 16259852 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The aims of this study were to explore the relationship between therapists' self-reported attachment styles and therapeutic orientation with the self-reported general therapeutic alliance and therapist-reported problems in psychological therapy.A sample of 491 psychotherapists from differing therapeutic orientations responded to a postal questionnaire. The questionnaire contained standardized measures of therapeutic alliance quality, attachment behaviours, a checklist of problems in therapy, and a brief personality inventory.Therapist-reported attachment styles generally explained a significant additional proportion of the variance in alliance and problems in therapy, over and above variance explained by general personality variables. Self-reported secure attachment style was significantly positively correlated with therapist-reported general good alliance. Self-reported anxious attachment styles were significantly negatively correlated with good alliance, and significantly positively correlated with the number of therapist-reported problems in therapy. Therapeutic orientation independently predicted a small but significant amount of the variance in reported general alliance quality in addition to that explained by attachment behaviours. |
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Authors:
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Susanna Black; Gillian Hardy; Graham Turpin; Glenys Parry |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Psychology and psychotherapy Volume: 78 ISSN: 1476-0835 ISO Abbreviation: Psychol Psychother Publication Date: 2005 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-11-01 Completed Date: 2005-12-13 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101135751 Medline TA: Psychol Psychother Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 363-77 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Sheffield Care NHS Trust, and Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK. susanna.black@rotherhampct.nhs.uk |
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Anxiety Data Collection Female Humans Interpersonal Relations Male Middle Aged Professional-Patient Relations* Psychotherapy* Treatment Outcome |
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