The Adolescent Therapeutic Alliance Scale (ATAS): Initial psychometrics and prediction of outcome in family-based substance abuse prevention counseling

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 141-154

  Faw, Leyla ^a   Hogue, Aaron ^a   Johnson, Suzanne ^b   Diamond, Gary M ^c   Liddle, Howard A ^d  

^a Yale School of Medicine   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Family based therapy; Substance abuse; Therapeutic alliance; Therapeutic processes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18144369628     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300512331326994     Document Type: Article

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