title: Adult helping qualities preferred by adolescents.
abstract: Most studies of therapeutic alliance have focused on adult populations and been written from the therapist's perspective. Thus, there is a clear need for studies of therapeutic alliance that focus on adolescent populations from the perspective of the adolescents. The current study is an exploratory process investigation using a focus group methodology with a nonclinical sample of adolescents to determine which traits in adults might foster alliance, with the assumption that the same traits would apply to therapeutic settings. A content analytic approach was used and 12 adult qualities found to be preferred by adolescents from most to least cited were: respect, time shared, openness, role characteristics, recognition, guidance, identification, trust, freedom, like/ dislike, responsibility, and familiarity.
authors: Fielding Graduate University, 2112 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93105, USA.
authors: June
authors: J
authors: Martin
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Romas
authors: Marsha
authors: M
authors: Medford
authors: Nancy
authors: N
authors: Leffert
authors: Sherry L
authors: SL
authors: Hatcher