title: Modeling group process constructs at three stages in group psychotherapy.
abstract: This study examined the relationships among group therapy processes measured by the Working Alliance Inventory-Short Form, the Therapeutic Factors Inventory Cohesiveness subscale, and the Group Climate Questionnaire-Short Form in a sample of 145 patients attending 18 psychodynamic groups. Five hypothesized models were tested early in therapy (Sessions 3 and 4) using multilevel confirmatory factor analysis. Two three-factor models approached conventional standards of model fit. By merging these two models, a three-factor model consisting of member-leader alliance, positive bonding relationship, and negative relationship fit the data well. Later in therapy, member-leader bonding was no longer important to member-group cohesion, indicating that cohesion and alliance and the member-leader versus member-group bonding represent different processes.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Mental Health, Olso University Hospital, Aker, Norway. j.v.bakali@ulrik.uio.no
authors.forename: Jan V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Bakali
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Baldwin
authors.forename: Steinar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lorentzen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D055815:Young Adult