Longitudinal measurement invariance of the Working Alliance Inventory - Short form across coaching sessions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Throughout the psychotherapeutic and coaching literature, the client-therapist or coach-coachee working alliance has been highlighted as key force driving positive outcome. The Working Alliance Inventory Short form (WAI-S) for coaching charts the quality of working alliance throughout coaching sessions and is broadly applied in coaching research. Due to a shortfall in research on psychometric properties of the WAI-S, the purpose of this study was to examine (a) if the theorized three-factor structure of the 12-item WAI-S forms a solid representation of the dimensions of working alliance in coaching, and (b) longitudinal measurement invariance (LMI) of the WAI-S.

Method

Data were collected in a two-wave study design comprising a main study sample of N = 690 Dutch c

SUBMITTER: Stefens M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9685860 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature