Table 2.
Factor loadings
| TAM Item | Factor 1 | Factor 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1. The session was lively and energetic.* | 0.35 | −.52 |
| 2. The therapist tried to understand how the family’s problems all fit together.* | 0.49 | −.17 |
| 3. The family and therapist worked together effectively.* | 0.74 | −.04 |
| 4. The family knew exactly which problems were being worked on.* | 0.32 | 0.17 |
| 5. The therapist recommended that the family members do specific things to solve their problems.* | 0.67 | 0.15 |
| 6. The therapist's recommendations required family members to work on their problems almost every day. | 0.62 | 0.05 |
| 7. The family and therapist had similar ideas about ways to solve problems.* | 0.66 | −.06 |
| 8. The therapists tried to change some ways that family members interact with each other.* | 0.45 | 0.07 |
| 9. The therapists tried to change some ways that family members interact with people outside the family. | 0.42 | 0.16 |
| 10. The family and therapist seemed honest and straightforward with each other. | 0.69 | −.05 |
| 11. The therapist's recommendations should help the children to mature.* | 0.58 | −.12 |
| 12. Family members and the therapist agreed upon the goals of the session.* | 0.76 | −.02 |
| 13. The family and therapist talked about how well the family followed her/his recommendations from the previous session. | 0.76 | 0.01 |
| 14. The family and therapist talked about the success (or lack of success) of her/his recommendations from the previous session.* | 0.60 | 0.17 |
| 15. The therapy session included a lot of irrelevant small talk (chit chat). | −.03 | 0.41 |
| 16. Not much was accomplished during the therapy session. | 0.05 | 0.55 |
| 17. Family members were engaged in power struggles with the therapist. | 0.20 | 0.45 |
| 18. The therapist's recommendations required the family to do almost all the work. | 0.18 | 0.38 |
| 19. The therapy session was boring. | 0.23 | 1.03 |
| 20. The family was not sure about the direction of treatment.* | −.30 | −.06 |
| 21. The therapist understood what is good about the family. | 0.18 | −.76 |
| 22. The therapist's recommendations made good use of the family's strengths.* | 0.48 | −.37 |
| 23. The family accepted that part of the therapist's job is to help change certain things about the family.* | 0.08 | −.56 |
| 24. During the session, the family and therapist talked about some experiences that occurred in previous sessions.* | 0.22 | −.07 |
| 25. The therapist's recommendations should help family members to become more responsible.* | 0.55 | −.25 |
| There were awkward silences and pauses during the session. | −.18 | 0.10 |
Notes:
*
item loading on the one factor solution from Letourneau et al. (2003).