Citation

Paris M, Bedregal LE, Añez LM, Shahar G, Davidson L. Hisp. J. Behav. Sci. 2004; 26(3): 390-402.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0739986304267206

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The development of appropriately normed Spanish-language assessments is a necessity as a result of (1) a growing Latino population in need of behavioral health services and (2) a limited number of linguistically and culturally sensitive instruments that are currently available. As part of a broader assessment on the needs and satisfaction with services received, 103 Latina women completed the Therapeutic Collaboration Scale (TCS). This measure attained a substantial internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha =.94) and good convergent validity with another instrument that also assessed the therapeutic relationship named the Therapeutic Alliance with Clinician (r =.71, p <.05). A principal component analysis evidenced one component underlying the TCS, which further confirmed the unidimensionality of this instrument. This measure achieved a good correlation with an instrument assessing the participants' satisfaction with services (SWS, r =.44, p <.05).

CONCLUSIONS and implications of this study are presented in this article.

Language: en