Table 2.
Relationship of alliance to pretreatment characteristics and treatment response.
| Child characteristics | Child TASC | Therapist TASC | Parent TASC |
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| Pearson’s R | Pearson’s R | Pearson’s R | |
| Age in years | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.03 |
| PARS 5-item Total | −0.03 | −0.06 | −0.12 |
| Pre-treatment CGI-S | 0.05 | −0.09 | 0.02 |
| CBCL Externalizing Raw Total | −0.10 | −0.19 | −0.02 |
| CBCL Internalizing Raw Total | 0.14 | −0.20 | 0.05 |
| SRS Raw Total | 0.01 | −0.12 | 0.01 |
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| Treatment response | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) |
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| Responder | 40.15 (6.61) | 37.21 (6.55) a | 26.82 (2.07) |
| Non-responder | 37.14 (9.98) | 30.06 (5.75) a | 27.64 (0.63) |
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| Pearson’s R | Pearson’s R | Pearson’s R | |
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| Change in PARS | 0.20 | 0.40** | −0.22 |
| Post-treatment CGI-S | −0.15 | −0.30* | −0.02 |
TASC: Therapeutic Alliance Scale for Children; PARS: Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale, 5-item total score; CGI-S= Clinical Global Impression – Severity, rating based on results of all measures collected at that time point; CBCL = Child Behavior Checklist, SRS = Social Responsiveness Scale.
a
Means significantly different at p < .01 level;
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01