Working Alliance with Adolescents who Receive Mandated School-based Counseling Services
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Title
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Working Alliance with Adolescents who Receive Mandated School-based Counseling Services
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:669b6a620920:11726
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identifier
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12352
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Creator
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Cenerelli, Amanda,
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Contributor
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Georgiana Shick Tryon
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Date
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2013
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Educational psychology | School counseling | Counseling Psychology | Adolescents | Mandated Counseling | Therapeutic Alliance | Working Alliance
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Abstract
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Working alliance is widely recognized as one of the most important factors in understanding therapeutic outcomes. However, there is a lack of published research on the relationship between alliance and treatment outcome in the school setting. In particular, there is no empirical evidence of this relationship with mandated counseling in the schools. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between working alliance and treatment outcome in mandated school-based counseling with adolescents. It also examined the relationship between adolescent development and working alliance, as well as other process variables that predict a strong working alliance in this type of counseling environment. This information is intended to provide a first step toward more effective, empirically-based counseling in the schools. Participants were recruited from both public non-public schools in suburban and urban regions of New York. Student participants ranged in age from 12--20 and represented grades 6 through 12; approximately 62% of the student participants came from public school settings, while 38% came from non-public settings. The majority of the participating counselors (73%) identified as cognitive-behavioral in theoretical orientation; and the majority were female (82%). Adolescent participants were asked to complete several questionnaires regarding their demographic features (Demographic Questionnaire), level of autonomy (Adolescent Autonomy Questionnaire), therapeutic alliance with their counselor (Working Alliance Inventory -- Short Form), and a Current Versus Ideal Counseling Questionnaire. Counselors were asked to complete a demographic questionnaire, as well as an outcome measure (Counseling Outcome Measure) for each student. Results indicate that working alliance is significantly related to counseling outcome/progress in the mandated school-based setting. Regression analyses suggest that client-rated working alliance can be predicted by examining adolescents' level of cognitive autonomy, the consistency between their current and ideal counseling scenario (i.e., expectations of counseling), their number of years in school counseling, and the counselor's level of experience. Additionally, student's number of sessions with the current counselor and the student's ratings of working alliance can be used together to predict counseling progress or outcome, as rated by the counselor.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Educational Psychology
