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Psychometric properties of the Helping Alliance Questionnaire-I in psychodynamic psychotherapy for major depression |
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| Authors: | Mariëlle Hendriksen Rien Van Jaap Peen Suzan Oudejans Robert Schoevers Jack Dekker |
| Affiliation: | 1. Polikliniek Psychiatrie , Jellinekmentrum Mental Health Care , Amsterdammahen@xs4all.nl;3. Polikliniek Psychiatrie , Jellinekmentrum Mental Health Care , Amsterdam;4. Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research, Department of Psychiatry , Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam;5. Department of Psychiatry , University Medical Center Groningen , Groningen, the Netherlands;6. Department of Clinical Psychology , VU University , Amsterdam |
| Abstract: | Abstract The psychometric properties of the Helping Alliance Questionnaire-I were analyzed at two times in short-term psychoanalytic supportive psychotherapy for outpatient depression. Exploratory factor analysis conducted in 142 patients generated a model that was confirmed in a different validation sample (n=106) using confirmatory factor analysis. Two factors were found to have satisfactory psychometric properties and a consistent structure over time: relationship and internal change. The authors conclude that reporting on the HAQ-I with separate scores for these individual aspects of alliance offers a more precise assessment and is preferable to using a single general alliance score. |
| Keywords: | alliance factor analysis depression psychoanalytic psychotherapy |