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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 23.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2016 Mar;30(2):184–193. doi: 10.1037/adb0000161

Table 5.

Descriptive information for 3-profile model of therapist ratings of therapeutic alliance.

Low-TA n = 18 (29%) Medium-TA n = 20 (32%) High-TA n = 24 (39%)
Variables Defining Latent Profiles M (SD) M (SD) M (SD)

 Therapist Alliance Mean 4.82 (.50) 5.65 (.26) 6.11 (.17)
 Therapist Alliance Min 3.94 (.86) 4.71 (.26) 5.70 (.25)
 Therapist Alliance Max 5.56 (.57) 6.19 (.24) 6.36 (.25)
 Therapist Alliance Difference (range) 1.62 (1.05) 1.48 (.26) .66 (.34)
 Therapist Session Number Difference (min-max latency) 2.21 (4.35) 2.12 (5.98) 2.74 (5.72)

Control Variables M (SD) M (SD) M (SD)

 PDA Pre-Tx .26 (.23) .30 (.24) .49 (.25)
 PDA Tx .64 (.11) .84 (.22) .81 (.18)

Auxiliary Outcome Variable M (SE) M (SE) M (SE)

 PDA 4m FU .61 (.10) .82 (.06) .78 (.07)
 Session Attendance 7.24 (1.05) 10.51 (.62) 9.71 (.64)

Notes: low-TA = weak therapist alliance profile; medium-TA = moderate therapist alliance profile; high-TA = strong therapist alliance profile; PDA = percent days abstinent; Pre-Tx = pretreatment; Tx = treatment; 4m = 4-month; FU = follow-up.