TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - The impact of sex offender's interpersonal style, treatment readiness and the therapeutic alliance on treatment gain
JO  - Journal of forensic psychiatry and psychology
A1  - Watson, Rachael
A1  - Daffern, Michael
A1  - Thomas, Stuart
SP  - 635
EP  - 655
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
N2  - The impact of internal responsivity factors and therapeutic process variables on intra-individual within-treatment gain in sex offenders has received little empirical attention. This study examined how (1) internal responsivity factors, including treatment readiness and interpersonal style, and (2) therapy process variables, including the therapeutic alliance and the presence of ruptures in the therapeutic relationship, impacted intra-individual within-treatment gain. Participants comprised 71 sex offenders who participated in group-based sex offender treatment programmes in prison or the community. <br><br>RESULTS showed that offender hostile-dominance and the affective and interpersonal characteristics of psychopathy, as measured by the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version Factor 1 score, negatively impacted treatment gain. Pre-treatment readiness, client ratings of the therapeutic alliance and whether or not there were ruptures in the therapeutic relationship had no association with within-treatment gain. The strength of the therapeutic alliance later in treatment did not moderate the relationship between offender interpersonal style, or psychopathy, and treatment gain.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1478-9949
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2018.1432673
ID  - ref1
ER  -