Citation

Johnson LN, Wright DW, Ketring SA. J. Marital Fam. Ther. 2002; 28(1): 93-102.

Affiliation

School of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University, USA. ljohnson@fcs.uga.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11813373

Abstract

This study examined the association between the therapeutic alliance in family therapy and changes in symptom distress, interpersonal relationships, and family coping. The participants (N = 81) were members of low socioeconomic status families referred to a university clinic for in-home family therapy. Participants completed the Outcome Questionnaire, Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation, and the Family Therapy Alliance questionnaires. Regression analyses revealed that the therapeutic alliance explained 19% of the variance in symptom distress changes for mother, 55% for fathers, and 39% for adolescents. The implications of these findings for practicing and researching family therapy are presented.

Language: en