A Measure of the Parent-Team Alliance in Youth Residential Psychiatry: The Revised Short Working Alliance Inventory

Autor/inn/en	Lamers, Audri; Delsing, Marc J. M. H.; van Widenfelt, Brigit M.; Vermeiren, Robert R. J. M.
Titel	A Measure of the Parent-Team Alliance in Youth Residential Psychiatry: The Revised Short Working Alliance Inventory
Quelle	In: Child & Youth Care Forum, 44 (2015) 6, S.801-817 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-1890
DOI	10.1007/s10566-015-9306-1
Schlagwörter	Psychometrics; Youth; Residential Institutions; Psychiatry; Parents; Factor Structure; Validity; Psychiatric Hospitals; Parent Caregiver Relationship; Goodness of Fit; Foreign Countries; Netherlands; Working Alliance Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychometry; Psychometrie; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Wohnumgebung; Psychiatrie; Eltern; Faktorenstruktur; Gültigkeit; Phsychiatric institution; Psychiatrische Einrichtung; Ausland; Niederlande
Abstract	Background: The therapeutic alliance between multidisciplinary teams and parents within youth (semi) residential psychiatry is essential for the treatment process and forms a promising process variable for Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROM). No short evaluative instrument, however, is currently available to assess parent-team alliance. Objective: In this study, the Working Alliance Inventory-Short Version (WAV-12), a widely used alliance questionnaire, was adjusted to assess parent-team alliance from both a parent and team perspective within a youth residential setting. Psychometric properties, including factor structure and validity of the subscales, were explored. Methods: A sample of youth with mainly complex developmental disorders admitted to 11 inpatient and day patient units of a child and adolescent psychiatric institute participated in this study. The case manager involved with the youth and the primary caregiver of 87 youth completed the revised WAV-12 (WAV-12R). Results: The team version of the WAV-12R showed a good fit to the original conceptualized model, and distinguished Bond, Task and Goal scales. For the parents' version an adjusted model with Insight, Bond and combined Task/Goal scales had the best fit. The reliability and validity of the scales were shown to be good. Conclusions: This paper presents preliminary evidence that the parent and treatment team versions of the WAV-12R are psychometrically sound for assessing parent-team alliance within youth (semi) residential psychiatry in the Netherlands. The team and parents' versions of the WAV-12R are recommended instruments to complement outcome measures in ROM. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01