Alliance With an Unguided Smartphone App: Validation of the Digital Working Alliance Inventory.

ABSTRACT: The working alliance may be relevant in unguided smartphone-based interventions, but no validated measure exists. We evaluated the psychometric properties of the six-item Digital Working Alliance Inventory (DWAI) using a cross-sectional survey of meditation app users (n = 290) and the intervention arm of a randomized trial testing a smartphone-based meditation app (n = 314). Exploratory factor analysis suggested a single-factor solution which was replicated using longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis. The DWAI showed adequate internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Discriminant validity was supported by a lack of association with social desirability, psychological distress, and preference for a waitlist condition. Convergent validity was supported by positive as

SUBMITTER: Goldberg SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8599525 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature