Psychometric properties of the Therapeutic Alliance Scale for Caregivers and Parents

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 244-252

  Accurso, Erin C ^a,b   Hawley, Kristin M ^c   Garland, Ann F ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Child psychotherapy; Psychometrics; Usual care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY CARE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE SCALE FOR CAREGIVERS AND PARENTS; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84875361758     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030551     Document Type: Article

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