Testing the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) in a French primary care setting. Predictive value and factor structure

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 844-852

  Guédeney, Nicole ^a   Fermanian, Jacques ^b   Curt, Florence ^a   Bifulco, Antonia ^c  

^a INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Social work; WAI; Working alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL WORK; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKING ALLIANCE INVENTORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 27744605842     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0972-4     Document Type: Article

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