title: Interchangeability of the Working Alliance Inventory and Working Alliance Inventory, Short Form.
abstract: Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) ratings were compared with ratings comprising the 12-item WAI, Short Form (WAI-S). Responses were collected from 54 university counseling center client-therapist pairs after the 4th therapy session as well as at a final ratings point. WAI and WAI-S scores were highly correlated and had comparable descriptive statistics, internal consistencies, and subscale intercorrelations within and across rater perspectives. Predictive validity estimates for WAI and WAI-S total scales were also very similar. Fourth-session WAI and WAI-S scores were moderately predictive of therapy improvement ratings. Results support the interchangeability of scores on the WAI and WAI-S scales.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of North Dakota, USA. mbusseri@brocku.ca
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Busseri
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Tyler
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires