Table 1.
Therapist, patient and SO views of treatment process
| Process Itema | Therapist M(SD) |
Patient M(SD) |
SO M(SD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual MI Sessions | |||
| Alliance Itemsb | |||
| Was easy to talk to | 3.77(.49) | 3.81(.63) | |
| Was concerned about me | 3.51(.57) | 3.60(.71) | |
| Understood me | 3.54(.57) | 3.67(.67) | |
| Asked about my own ideas before presenting his/hers |
3.60(.53) | 3.71(.67) | |
| Helped me talk about my own reasons for change | 3.48(.66) | 3.70(.67) | |
| Treated me like an equal | 3.65(.53) | 3.82(.62) | |
| Respected my ideas about how change can occur | 3.62(.55) | 3.81(.57) | |
| Did not push me into something I was not ready for | 3.59(.57) | 3.80(.62) | |
| Accepted that I might choose not to change | 3.63(.53) | 3.54(.87) | |
| Total | 32.26(3.75)** | 33.55(4.98) | |
| Total Alliance Internal Consistency | .894 | .945 | |
| Satisfaction and Engagementc | |||
| How satisfied were you with the overall session? | 3.62(.92)** | 4.65(.55) | |
| How engaged did you feel? | 4.07(.89)** | 4.68(.63) | |
| SO MI Sessions | |||
| Alliance Itemsb | |||
| Was easy to talk to | 3.74(.49) | 3.86(.54) | 3.91(.42) |
| Was concerned about me | 3.52(.53) | 3.51(.78) | 3.59(.59)d |
| Understood me | 3.50(.55) | 3.64(.64) | 3.77(.53) |
| Asked about my own ideas before presenting his/hers |
3.52(.57) | 3.76(.62) | 3.77(.53) |
| Helped me talk about my own reasons for change | 3.45(.63) | 3.73(.59) | 3.76(.52) |
| Treated me like an equal | 3.64(.48) | 3.89(.49) | 3.88(.52) |
| Respected my ideas about how change can occur | 3.63(.48) | 3.84(.50) | 3.79(.58) |
| Did not push me into something I was not ready for | 3.63(.49) | 3.84(.54) | 3.84(.57) |
| Accepted that I might choose not to change | 3.63(.51) | 3.66(.73) | 3.62(.73) |
| Total | 32.30(3.26)** | 33.81(4.27) | 33.87(3.89) |
| Total Alliance Internal Consistency | .859 | .925 | .908 |
| Satisfaction and Engagementc | |||
| How satisfied were you with the overall session? | 3.46(1.01)** | 4.70(.59) | 4.69(.60) |
| How engaged did you feel? | 3.94(.95)** | 4.65(.60) | 4.57(.76) |
a
Patient version shown.
b
4-point scale from 1 = “strongly disagree” to 4 = “strongly agree”.
c
5-point scale from 1 = “not at all” to 5 = “very”.
d
For SOs the item was: “Therapist helped me believe I could contribute to changing my SOs drinking if I wanted to”.
**
difference significant at .005 level.