TY - JOUR
T1 - A meta-analysis of the relation between patient adult attachment style and the working alliance
AU - Bernecker, Samantha L.
AU - Levy, Kenneth N.
AU - Ellison, William D.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - This meta-analysis synthesizes research on the relation between patient adult attachment style and patient-rated working alliance. A random-effects model was used to calculate the mean weighted product-moment correlation (r) for 24 studies (12 published in peer-reviewed journals and 12 unpublished doctoral dissertations) of individual outpatient therapy with adults. The mean weighted r for attachment avoidance and alliance was -.137, p<.001, and the mean weighted r for attachment anxiety and alliance was -.121, p<.001. These findings suggest that therapists should attend to attachment in order to foster alliance and have additional implications for theory and future research.
AB - This meta-analysis synthesizes research on the relation between patient adult attachment style and patient-rated working alliance. A random-effects model was used to calculate the mean weighted product-moment correlation (r) for 24 studies (12 published in peer-reviewed journals and 12 unpublished doctoral dissertations) of individual outpatient therapy with adults. The mean weighted r for attachment avoidance and alliance was -.137, p<.001, and the mean weighted r for attachment anxiety and alliance was -.121, p<.001. These findings suggest that therapists should attend to attachment in order to foster alliance and have additional implications for theory and future research.
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U2 - 10.1080/10503307.2013.809561
DO - 10.1080/10503307.2013.809561
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23885860
AN - SCOPUS:84890426217
SN - 1050-3307
VL - 24
SP - 12
EP - 24
JO - Psychotherapy Research
JF - Psychotherapy Research
IS - 1
ER -