Working alliance with an avatar: How far can we go with internet interventions?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the working alliance between users and an avatar and users' treatment expectations in an unguided Internet intervention for the treatment of insomnia.

Methods

The sample included participants from the treatment condition (N = 29) of a randomised controlled trial. The task and goal subscales of the Working Alliance Inventory Short Revised (WAI-SR) were applied in week three. Five items of the Bern Post-Session Report and one question about the extent to which users had missed a human therapist were administered after each session. Treatment expectations were measured with the Credibility Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ), and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) was used as the primary outcome measure.

Results

The mean scores for the

SUBMITTER: Heim E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6084819 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature