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ArticlePsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2016

Within treatment therapeutic alliance ratings profiles predict posttreatment frequency of alcohol use.

Mark A Prince, Gerard J Connors, Stephen A Maisto, Ronda L Dearing

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Article in Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mark A PrinceResearch Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo.ORCID 0000-0002-8848-0568
Gerard J ConnorsResearch Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo.
Stephen A MaistoDepartment of Psychology, Syracuse University.
Ronda L DearingResearch Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo.
Syracuse University · US

Funding

RESEARCH TRAINING ON ALCOHOL ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENTT32AA007583 · NIAAA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI Gregory G Homish, Jennifer P Read · 2000 to 2026
$8.5M
Research and Mentoring on Alcohol Clinical and Human Laboratory ResearchK05AA016928 · NIAAA · SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY · PI MAISTO, STEPHEN A · 2008 to 2017
$2.1M
Therapeutic Alliance as a Change Mechanism in Alcoholism TreatmentR21AA017112 · NIAAA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI CONNORS, GERARD J · 2007 to 2008
$416k
NIAAA NIH HHS 2K05 AA16928NIAAA NIH HHS K05 AA016928NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA017112NIAAA NIH HHS R21-AA017112NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA007583NIAAA NIH HHS T32-AA07583
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although past research has demonstrated a positive relationship between the therapeutic alliance (TA) and improved drinking outcomes, specific aspects of the alliance have received less attention. In this study, we examined the association between alliance characteristics during treatment and 4-month follow-up drinking reports. Sixty-five treatment-seeking alcohol dependent clients who participated in 12 weeks of individual outpatient treatment provided weekly TA ratings during treatment and reported on pretreatment, during treatment, and posttreatment alcohol use. Latent profile analysis was conducted to discern distinct profiles of client and therapist ratings of therapeutic alliance with similar alliance characteristics. TA profiles were based on clients' and therapists' mean alliance rating, minimum alliance rating, maximum alliance rating, the range of alliance ratings, and the difference in session number between maximum and minimum alliance ratings. One- through 4-class models were fit to the data. Model fit was judged by comparative fit indices, substantive interpretability, and parsimony. Wald tests of mean equality determined whether classes differed on follow-up percentage of days abstinent (PDA) at 4-months posttreatment. Three-profile solutions provided the best fit for both client and therapist ratings of the therapeutic alliance. Client alliance rating profiles predicted drinking in the follow-up period, but therapist rating profiles did not. These results suggest that distinct profiles of the therapeutic alliance can be identified and that client alliance rating profiles are associated with frequency of alcohol use following outpatient treatment.

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Professional-Patient RelationsAdultAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholismAmbulatory CareFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment Outcome

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PMID26999350
PMCPMC4804469
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