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Rang De Basanti- Consumption,Citizenship And The Public Sphere, Meghana Dilip Jan 2008

Rang De Basanti- Consumption,Citizenship And The Public Sphere, Meghana Dilip

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

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The Efforts Of Therapists In The First Session To Establish A Therapeutic Alliance, Gregory H. Macewan Jan 2008

The Efforts Of Therapists In The First Session To Establish A Therapeutic Alliance, Gregory H. Macewan

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

Although the therapeutic alliance is known to be a principal therapeutic factor, little attention has focused on therapists’ perspectives on the impact of the first session on the development of the therapeutic alliance. The present study is a qualitative exploration of interviews with ten therapists regarding the first session and their efforts to establish a therapeutic alliance with their new clients. The data were analyzed using Clara Hill’s Consensual Qualitative Research paradigm (CQR). In considering Bordin’s (1979) three components of the alliance (tasks, goals, bond), therapists viewed the bond as the most influential contributor to the development of the alliance …


Empathy And The Therapeutic Alliance: Their Relationship To Each Other And To Outcome In Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Joan Degeorge Jan 2008

Empathy And The Therapeutic Alliance: Their Relationship To Each Other And To Outcome In Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Joan Degeorge

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

Therapist empathy has long been recognized as an important therapeutic factor across different psychotherapies. However, despite its widely accepted clinical importance, empathy is conceptually complex, and its relation to other psychotherapy constructs and to therapy outcomes remains empirically unclear. The current study examined the association between empathy and the therapeutic alliance, as well as their respective and potentially interactive associations with treatment outcome. Using confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and path analysis, these relations were examined in the context of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), a condition for which little research exists on treatment process and …


Parenting Style Discrepancies: A Comparison Of Inter-Ethnic And Intra-Ethnic Couples, Dhara Thakar Jan 2008

Parenting Style Discrepancies: A Comparison Of Inter-Ethnic And Intra-Ethnic Couples, Dhara Thakar

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

Parenting and family interactions are thought to play a critical role in children’s development and are often key targets in clinical interventions for children with behavioral problems. Multiple factors are thought to determine patterns of parenting behavior including child and parent characteristics as well as broader social and cultural factors (Abidin, 1992; Belsky, 1984; Maccoby, 1992). Because culture is thought to influence parenting, it is possible that inter-ethnic couples may experience a greater discrepancy than intra-ethnic couples in their parenting styles, but research considering the role of different cultural backgrounds and parenting has been sparse. The current study examined whether …