title: Working alliance, treatment satisfaction, and patterns of posttreatment use among adolescent substance users.
abstract: This longitudinal study examined the relationships among the working alliance, treatment satisfaction, and posttreatment use among adolescents in treatment for substance abuse. Adolescents (N = 600) from the Cannabis Youth Treatment study (M. L. Dennis et al., 2002) completed measures of working alliance and treatment satisfaction as well as substance use and substance-related problems at intake and 3, 6, 9, 12, and 30 months' postintake. When controlling for initial substance use and substance-related problems, working alliance, but not treatment satisfaction, predicted use at 3 and 6 months' postintake. Neither working alliance nor treatment satisfaction were predictive of longitudinal patterns of posttreatment use. Implications for the assessment of working alliance and treatment satisfaction are discussed.
authors: Department of Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA.
authors: Brooke T
authors: BT
authors: Tetzlaff
authors: Jeffrey H
authors: JH
authors: Kahn
authors: Susan H
authors: SH
authors: Godley
authors: Mark D
authors: MD
authors: Godley
authors: Guy S
authors: GS
authors: Diamond
authors: Rodney R
authors: RR
authors: Funk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013997:Time Factors