ArticleCognitive therapy and research2018
Expectancies, working alliance, and outcome in transdiagnostic and single diagnosis treatment for anxiety disorders: An investigation of mediation.
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- Efficacy of the unified protocol for transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral treatment for depressive and anxiety disorders: a randomized controlled trial.Psychological medicine · 2023Trial
- Mechanistic Non-Response After Psychotherapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Maintenance-Mechanism-Based Clinical Taxonomy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- More optimistic treatment expectations are associated with better outcomes through stronger group cohesion, but not dyadic alliance: results from a naturalistic day clinic study in complex depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Therapeutic Relationship in Group Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Yoga, and Stress Education for Generalized Anxiety Disorder.Journal of psychotherapy integration · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Prospective Acceptability and Preferences for Unified Transdiagnostic Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments and Group Therapy in the Portuguese General Population.Administration and policy in mental health · 2024Article
- Skill Use Mediates the Within-Person Effect of the Alliance on Session-to-Session Changes in Anxiety and Depression in the Unified Protocol.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2024Article
- The Relational Fit in Organizational Interventions-What Can Organizational Research Learn from Research in Psychotherapy?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- An examination of the interpersonal model of binge eating over the course of treatment.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2020Article
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Abstract
Patients' outcome expectancies and the working alliance are two psychotherapy process variables that researchers have found to be associated with treatment outcome, irrespective of treatment approach and problem area. Despite this, little is known about the mechanisms accounting for this association, and whether contextual factors (e.g., psychotherapy type) impact the strength of these relationships. The primary aim of this study was to examine whether patient-rated working alliance quality mediates the relationship between outcome expectancies and pre- to post-treatment change in anxiety symptoms using data from a recent randomized clinical trial comparing a transdiagnostic treatment (the Unified Protocol [UP]; Barlow et al., 2011a; Barlow, Sauer-Zavala, et al., in press) to single diagnosis protocols (SDPs) for patients with a principal heterogeneous anxiety disorder (
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