Working Alliance Inventory-Short Revised (WAI-SR)
Psychology: Mental HealthReliability: alpha 0.913 sample items
About this scale
A 12-item measure of the therapeutic alliance between client and therapist across three subscales: bond, goals, and tasks.
Sample item(s)
“My therapist and I agree on what is important for me to work on (goals)”
“I believe my therapist likes me (bond)”
“My therapist and I agree on the things I will need to do in therapy to improve my situation (tasks)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.91. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Hatcher, R. L., & Gillaspy, J. A. (2006): Development and validation of a revised short version of the Working Alliance Inventory. Psychotherapy Research, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 12–25.
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