The Association of Therapeutic Alliance With Long-Term Outcome in a Guided Internet Intervention for Depression: Secondary Analysis From a Randomized Control Trial.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Therapeutic alliance has been well established as a robust predictor of face-to-face psychotherapy outcomes. Although initial evidence positioned alliance as a relevant predictor of internet intervention success, some conceptual and methodological concerns were raised regarding the methods and instruments used to measure the alliance in internet interventions and its association with outcomes. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to explore the alliance-outcome association in a guided internet intervention using a measure of alliance especially developed for and adapted to guided internet interventions, showing evidence of good psychometric properties. METHODS:A sample of 223 adult participants with moderate depression received an internet intervention (ie, Deprexis) and email su

SUBMITTER: Gomez Penedo JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7139432 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature