Meta-Analysis of Therapeutic Relationships Variablesin youth and family Therapy: The Evidence for Different Relationship Variables in the Child and Adolescent Treatment Outcome Literature
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2006
Keywords
Psychotherapeutic processes, Therapeutic alliance, Treatment outcomes, Adolescent psychotherapy, Child psychotherapy, Family therapy
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2005.09.001
Abstract
This meta-analysis examines associations between therapeutic relationship variables, and the extent to which they account for variability in treatment outcomes, in 49 youth treatment studies. Correlations between therapeutic relationship variables ranged from modest to strong. Among the best predictors of youth outcomes were counselor interpersonal skills, therapist direct influence skills, youth willingness to participate in treatment, parent willingness to participate in treatment, youth participation in treatment, and parent participation in treatment. Adequacy of current approaches to conceptualizing and measuring therapeutic relationship variables, such as the therapeutic alliance, in youth and family therapy is discussed. This paper represents the most comprehensive analysis of therapeutic relationship constructs in the youth treatment literature.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Clinical Psychology Review, v. 26, issue 1, p. 50-65
Scholar Commons Citation
Karver, Marc; Handelsman, Jessica B.; Fields, S.; and Bickman, L., "Meta-Analysis of Therapeutic Relationships Variablesin youth and family Therapy: The Evidence for Different Relationship Variables in the Child and Adolescent Treatment Outcome Literature" (2006). Psychology Faculty Publications. 1673.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/1673
