Exploring whether the working alliance is a mediator between client resistance, therapist directiveness, and drinking outcomes in an alcohol dependent population.

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dc.contributor.advisorDolan, Sara Lynn.
dc.contributor.authorMcGowan, Sean P.
dc.contributor.departmentPsychology and Neuroscience.en_US
dc.contributor.schoolsBaylor University. Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-29T16:12:01Z
dc.date.available2012-11-29T16:12:01Z
dc.date.copyright2012-08
dc.date.issued2012-11-29
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to elucidate whether the working alliance mediates the relationship between client resistance, therapist directiveness, and short and long-term drinking outcomes in an alcohol dependent population. The relationship between client resistance, therapist directiveness, and drinking outcomes has recently been examined in working with an Alcohol Use Disordered (AUD) population (Karno & Longabaugh, 2005a; Karno & Longabaugh, 2005b; Karno, Longabaugh, & Herbeck, 2010). For instance, Karno and Longabaugh (2005a, 2005b) found that levels of therapist directiveness differentially affect client resistance which, when taken together, predicts treatment outcomes, such as drinks per drinking day (D/DD) and percentage of days abstinent (PDA). The current study builds on the research of Karno and Longabaugh (2005a, 2005b) in proposing that therapist directiveness and client resistance affect client drinking outcomes through a mediator: the working alliance. This study found that the working alliance does not mediate the relationship between client resistance and short and long-term drinking outcomes, and between therapist directiveness and short and long-term drinking outcomes.en_US
dc.description.degreePsy.D.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2104/8499
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.subjectWorking alliance.en_US
dc.subjectClient resistance.en_US
dc.subjectTherapist directiveness.en_US
dc.subjectDrinking outcomes.en_US
dc.subjectAlcohol use disorders.en_US
dc.subjectAlcohol use treatments.en_US
dc.titleExploring whether the working alliance is a mediator between client resistance, therapist directiveness, and drinking outcomes in an alcohol dependent population.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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