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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adm Policy Ment Health. 2017 Jul;44(4):431–440. doi: 10.1007/s10488-015-0655-8

Table 2. Association of PAM with therapeutic alliance and communication adjusting for patient characteristics and clinical contributors at baseline (n=170).

Predictors PAM (base line)
Beta SE P value
Therapeutic Alliance factor 1(task&goal) 0.54 0.22 0.01
Therapeutic Alliance factor 2(bond) 0.00 0.46 0.99
Communication 0.28 0.42 0.50
female (male as reference) 3.01 2.25 0.18
Race/Ethnicity (white as reference)
 Latino 0.29 3.53 0.94
 Black 0.58 3.71 0.88
 Other 6.79 4.62 0.14
Age (18-34 as reference)
 35-49 2.94 2.74 0.28
 50-64 2.53 2.95 0.39
 65+ -5.62 9.55 0.56
Immigrant (US-born as reference) -5.20 2.91 0.07
Education (less than 12 yrs as reference) 12 or more than 12 yrs -1.59 2.43 0.51
Employed (unemployment as reference) 1.48 2.53 0.56
Insurance Status (uninsured as reference)
 Private Only -3.21 3.42 0.35
 Public Only 0.99 2.51 0.69
 Other 11.34 13.94 0.42
Mental Health (good as reference)
 Excellent 6.47 2.44 0.01
 Very Good -7.91 3.39 0.02
 Fair 7.73 3.16 0.01
 Poor 8.63 5.78 0.14
Disability days -0.25 0.11 0.02
Diagnosis (depression as reference)
 Anxiety Disorder 1.36 3.52 0.70
 Bipolar Disorder 1.84 3.62 0.61
 Psychotic Disorder -2.79 5.69 0.62
 Adjustment Disorder 0.51 3.78 0.89
 Other -4.83 3.26 0.14
Attendance ratio during 180 days before baseline -0.14 5.45 0.98
Length in Treatment (months) 0.01 0.02 0.65
Constant 26.45 14.43 0.07