We could find no published studies measuring the working alliance in outpatient psychotherapy with American Indians. Given that the working alliance has been shown to be one of the most reliable and robust predictors of outcome across psychotherapeutic modalities, we sought to understand the working alliance in this population. Eight psychotherapists in an urban outpatient clinic rated their working alliance with American Indian patients (n = 112) immediately after treatment delivery using the Working Alliance Inventory, 12-item short form (Tracey & Kokotovic, 1989). Working alliance data from 112 sessions were collected and compared with data from the Working Alliance Inventory, 12-item short form, normative sample (Busseri & Tyler, 2003). Therapist-rated working alliance in psychotherapy with American Indian patients was higher than a comparison sample. Alliance was unaffected by patient, therapist, or therapy-related variables in this sample. The working alliance is likely to be an important construct in psychotherapy with American Indian patients. Replication with a larger, representative group of therapists as well as the collection of patient and observer ratings are important next steps. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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首先看一下与美洲印第安人建立的心理治疗联盟。

我们找不到与美国印第安人进行门诊心理治疗工作联盟评估的已发表研究。鉴于工作联盟已被证明是心理治疗方法中结果的最可靠，最可靠的指标之一，我们试图了解这一人群的工作联盟。在城市门诊的八名心理治疗师在接受治疗后立即使用12项简短形式的工作联盟清单对他们与美国印第安人患者的工作联盟（n = 112）进行了评分（Tracey＆Kokotovic，1989）。收集了来自112场会议的工作联盟数据，并将其与工作联盟清单（标准的12项简短形式）的数据进行了比较（Busseri和Tyler，2003年）。与美国印第安人患者进行心理治疗的治疗师评级工作联盟高于比较样本。在此样本中，联盟不受患者，治疗师或与治疗相关的变量的影响。该工作联盟很可能是对美洲印第安人患者进行心理治疗的重要工具。接下来的重要步骤是与更多的具有代表性的治疗师小组进行复制，以及收集患者和观察者的评分。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。下一步，重要的是治疗师的代表团体以及患者和观察者评级的收集。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。下一步，重要的是治疗师的代表组以及患者和观察者评级的收集。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。