title: [Questionnaire for Investigating Therapeutic Alliance in Forensic Setting (FTBF): Results of a Pilot Study].
abstract: The relation between patient and therapist has a substantial effect on the success of psychotherapy. So far, in German-speaking regions questionnaires translated from English have been used, particularly for studying outpatients. Studies investigating and concerned with specialised features of hospitalised forensic psychiatry patients are sparse. The preliminary results of this study evaluating a recently developed questionnaire aimed to investigate the quality of the therapeutic relationship in forensic psychiatry ("Fragebogen zur therapeutischen Beziehung in der Forensik, FTBF") are reported. The data were collected both in general and forensic psychiatry departments. Factor analyses yielded two essential factors, namely "positive emotional aspects" (12 items, main features trust, respect, helpfulness, harmony, and sympathy; Cronbach's α = .933) and "negative emotional aspects" (4 items, main features power divide and punishment; Cronbach's α = .805). Forensic patients experienced power divide and punishment tendencies more intensively than general psychiatry patients (p < 0.001). Our questionnaire therefore demonstrates not only excellent reliabilities but also differential validity, enabling a differentiation between general and forensic psychiatry patients. Studies with larger samples would enable conclusions about the impact of the therapists' perspective, specific diagnostic subgroups and different psychotherapeutic orientations, on the patient-therapist relationship in forensic psychiatry.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie am BKH Günzburg, Universität Ulm, Günzburg.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vasic
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie am BKH Günzburg, Universität Ulm, Günzburg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dudeck
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie am BKH Günzburg, Universität Ulm, Günzburg.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Knein
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie am BKH Günzburg, Universität Ulm, Günzburg.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rasche
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mentel
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie am BKH Günzburg, Universität Ulm, Günzburg.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Streb
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie III, Universität Ulm.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Connemann
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie III, Universität Ulm.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sosic-Vasic
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie am BKH Günzburg, Universität Ulm, Günzburg.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Otte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011678:Punishment; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D035502:Trust