Adult helping qualities preferred by adolescents.

Full Abstract

Most studies of therapeutic alliance have focused on adult populations and been written from the therapist's perspective. Thus, there is a clear need for studies of therapeutic alliance that focus on adolescent populations from the perspective of the adolescents. The current study is an exploratory process investigation using a focus group methodology with a nonclinical sample of adolescents to determine which traits in adults might foster alliance, with the assumption that the same traits would apply to therapeutic settings. A content analytic approach was used and 12 adult qualities found to be preferred by adolescents from most to least cited were:
respect, time shared, openness, role characteristics, recognition, guidance, identification, trust, freedom, like/ dislike, responsibility, and familiarity.

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Author information

Author/s: Martin, June (J); Romas, Michael (M); Medford, Marsha (M); Leffert, Nancy (N); Hatcher, Sherry L (SL);

Affiliation: Fielding Graduate University, 2112 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93105, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Adolescence (Adolescence), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-; vol 41 (issue 161) : pp 127-40

Dates: Created 2006/05/12; Completed 2006/07/25;

PMID: 16689446, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Adolescent
Adult
Child
Choice Behavior
Counseling
Female

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