Journal article
Examining State and Trait Alliance in Group Therapy: A Within-Person and Between-Person Actor-Partner Interdependence Model
Group dynamics, Vol.26(2), pp.137-150
07/15/2021
DOI: 10.1037/gdn0000152
Abstract
Objective: Session-to-session fluctuations in alliance (i.e., state-like alliance) have been found to predict subsequent treatment outcome, especially in treatments in which working through ruptures and repairs in alliance is conceptualized as a main mechanism of change. Despite these advancements in the alliance literature, to our knowledge, no study has directly examined the roles of the state-like and trait-like alliance in group therapy. Method: Data for this study were provided by 61 patients hospitalized in a psychiatric day care unit in Israel. Patients participated in a dynamic therapy group and an occupational therapy group simultaneously. We used the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) to examine actor and partner state-like and trait-like alliance on an individual member's outcome. Results: Within the dynamic therapy group, results failed to provide evidence of actor or partner state-like alliance effects; however, results did indicate a significant actor trait-like alliance effect. In addition, there was a significant interaction between actor state-like alliance and partner trait-like alliance in predicting an individual member's outcome in the dynamic therapy group. Within the occupational therapy group, results indicated a significant actor trait-like alliance effect. In addition, there was a significant interaction between actor state-like alliance and partner trait-like alliance in predicting an individual member's outcome in the occupational therapy group. Similarly, in the occupational group, there was an interaction effect between partner state-like alliance and partner trait-like alliance in predicting an individual member's outcome. Conclusions: Findings from this study demonstrate how other group members' trait-like and state-like alliance (i.e., partner effects) may influence the treatment progress of individual members.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Examining State and Trait Alliance in Group Therapy: A Within-Person and Between-Person Actor-Partner Interdependence Model
- Creators
- D. Martin Kivlighan - Univ Iowa, Dept Psychol & Quantitat Fdn, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAKeren Cohen - University of HaifaSigal Zilcha-Mano - University of HaifaSharon Palgi - University of HaifaAriel Zilberstein - Rambam Health Care Campus
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Group dynamics, Vol.26(2), pp.137-150
- Publisher
- Educational Publishing Foundation-American Psychological Assoc
- DOI
- 10.1037/gdn0000152
- ISSN
- 1089-2699
- eISSN
- 1930-7802
- Number of pages
- 15
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/15/2021
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Internal Medicine; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984360145502771
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