ABSTRACT

This study presents the development of the Working Alliance of Mandated Clients Inventory (WAMCI). The goal of the WAMCI is to measure positive and negative factors of the working alliance from two perspectives: the probationer and the probation officer (PO) in the Dutch context. Data from 302 probationers and 267 POs of all three probation services in the Netherlands were used. Based on two existing and validated instruments and with the addition of supplemental items specific for the Dutch probation context, this new inventory was developed to capture the Dutch and European practice. An initial psychometric evaluation was conducted with this new inventory. A principal components analysis and a structural equation analysis led to a four-factor solution that provided the best fit for the PO and the probationer versions of the WAMCI. The internal consistency of the established scales Trust, Bond and Goal-Restrictions was sufficient, but the internal consistency of the established scale Reactance was not satisfactory. The construct validity of the WAMCI was supported by correlations with other constructs. Higher scores on the WAMCI were related to higher scores on general relationship satisfaction. The Goals-Restrictions subscale was moderately associated with a measure of internal motivation.

摘要

本研究介绍了强制客户库存工作联盟 (WAMCI) 的发展。WAMCI 的目标是从两个角度衡量工作联盟的积极和消极因素：荷兰语境中的缓刑者和缓刑官 (PO)。使用了来自荷兰所有三个缓刑服务机构的 302 名缓刑者和 267 名 PO 的数据。基于两个现有的和经过验证的工具，并添加了针对荷兰缓刑环境的补充项目，开发了这个新的清单以捕捉荷兰和欧洲的实践。对这个新清单进行了初步的心理测量评估。主成分分析和结构方程分析得出了一个四因素解决方案，该解决方案为 PO 和 WAMCI 的试用版提供了最佳拟合。既定量表Trust、Bond和Goal-Restrictions的内部一致性足够，但既定量表Reactance的内部一致性却不尽如人意。WAMCI 的构念效度得到与其他构念的相关性的支持。WAMCI 得分越高，一般关系满意度得分越高。目标-限制子量表与内部动机的测量中度相关。