3 research outputs found
Therapist Attachment and the Working Alliance: The Moderating Effect of Emotional Regulation
Objective: To explore whether the therapist鈥檚 emotional regulation strategies moderate the relationship between therapist attachment and the working alliance from the therapist鈥檚 perspective.
Method: A non-experimental, descriptive correlational design was used. Sixty-three psychotherapists (6 men, 57 women) participated in this study, ranging in age from 27 to 69鈥墆ears, with a mean age of 39.3鈥墆ears. The therapists completed the Attachment evaluation questionnaire for adults, the Spanish Adaptation of the Working Alliance Inventory, and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. Associations between attachment and emotional regulation traits and working alliance were examined using multilevel modeling, controlling for therapist demographics, and clinical experience.
Results: Moderation analyses revealed significant interaction effects between therapist attachment and emotional regulation strategies.
Conclusion: Attachment styles would not significantly affect the therapist鈥檚 ability to establish an adequate therapeutic alliance bond. The results show that the attachment style of the therapists interacted with their emotional regulation abilities
Portuguese validation of the Adult Separation Anxiety-Questionnaire (ASA-27)
Adult separation anxiety disorder (ASAD) is characterized by developmentally inappropriate and excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from those to whom the individual is attached. Despite the high rates of this diagnosis among Portuguese adults, there is a lack of measures to assess it. In this study, we assessed the psychometric properties of a Portuguese adaptation of the Adult Separation Anxiety questionnaire (ASA-27) on a sample of 267 adults (72.7% women) aged 18-80 years (M = 40.5, SD = 13.1). Factor structure, internal consistency, and convergence validity were examined. This study confirmed the single-factor structure of the Portuguese version of ASA-27. Consistency was high for the total sample (蠅 = .92) and by gender (蠅 = .93 and 92, men and women groups, respectively). The scale was positively related to the Portuguese version of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (r = .57, p< .001, for both State and trait anxiety scales) and Composite Codependency Scale total score (r = .29, p< .001). In addition, the ASA-27 total score showed incremental validity in the explanation of anxiety measured by STAI. In conclusion, results show that the Portuguese version of the ASA-27 is a reliable and valid measure of ASAD
Abbreviated Scale for the Assessment of Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire in the Spanish Population
El trastorno de ansiedad por separaci贸n se caracteriza por un miedo o ansiedad excesivos e inapropiados para el desarrollo en relaci贸n con la separaci贸n de las personas a las que el individuo est谩 unido. El objetivo del presente estudio fue examinar: estructura factorial, consistencia interna y validez convergente de la versi贸n abreviada del ASA-27 con 403 individuos (55.8% mujeres) de entre 18-86 a帽os (M = 37.1 y DT = 13.9) de Espa帽a. El ASA-10 correlacion贸 significativamente con las subescalas del Inventario de Ansiedad Estado-Rasgo, del Cuestionario de Apego Adulto y del Cuestionario de Dependencia Emocional (rs = .11 a .63, ps < .05). Presenta una estructura unifactorial y una consistencia interna adecuada (蠅 = .98). El ASA-10 mostr贸 una sensibilidad del 97.9% para los casos con dificultades de ansiedad cl铆nica. Los resultados muestran que el ASA-10 es una medida fiable y v谩lida de la ansiedad por separaci贸n en adultos