The Psychometric Properties of the WAI in a Career Counseling Setting: Comparison With a Personal Counseling Sample

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-419

  Perdrix, Sophie ^a   de Roten, Yves ^a   Kolly, Stéphane ^a   Rossier, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

alliance assessment; career counseling; factor analysis; personal counseling; psychometric validation; Working Alliance Inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958486995     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072710374583     Document Type: Article

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