TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Parent-therapist alliance and parent attachment-promoting behaviour in attachment-based family therapy for suicidal and depressed adolescents
JO  - Journal of family therapy
A1  - Feder, M.M.
A1  - Diamond, G.M.
SP  - 82
EP  - 101
VL  - 38
IS  - 1
N2  - This study examines whether the strength of the parent-therapist alliance, measured during the task of alliance building with parents alone, predicted the extent of parents' attachment-promoting behaviour in the subsequent conjoint parent-adolescent attachment task in the context of attachment-based family therapy (ABFT). Nineteen suicidal and depressed adolescents and their parents received 12 weeks of ABFT. The parent-therapist alliance and parents' attachment-promoting behaviour were each measured observationally by two separate and independent groups of raters. The findings show that the strength of the parent-therapist alliance predicted parents' subsequent attachment-promoting behaviour. However, parents' attachment-promoting behaviour did not predict the post-treatment outcomes. Clinical and methodological implications are discussed. © 2016 The Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0163-4445
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12078
ID  - ref1
ER  -