Watson Rachael, Daffern Michael, Thomas Stuart
1 Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
2 Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Sex Abuse. 2017 Mar;29(2):107-127. doi: 10.1177/1079063215580969. Epub 2016 Aug 2.
Therapist and treatment process variables affect the effectiveness of offender rehabilitation programs. This study examined the influence of therapists' and offenders' interpersonal styles (IPSs) and interpersonal complementarity on therapeutic alliance (TA). Seventy-five sex offenders and their therapists evaluated each other's IPSs and the TA after 3 weeks of treatment. Offenders evaluated the TA more positively than therapists. Regarding the impact of IPS, therapist affiliation was positively correlated and therapist control was negatively correlated with offenders' ratings of the TA; in other words, offenders evaluated the TA more strongly when therapists were perceived as affiliative, and weaker when therapists were viewed as controlling. Offender affiliation was positively correlated with therapists' ratings of TA; in other words, therapists evaluated the TA more strongly when offenders were viewed as more affiliative; perceptions of offender control were unrelated to offenders' ratings of TA. Complementarity in IPS between offenders and therapists did not affect TA.
治疗师和治疗过程变量会影响罪犯康复项目的效果。本研究考察了治疗师和罪犯的人际风格以及人际互补性对治疗联盟的影响。75名性犯罪者及其治疗师在治疗3周后对彼此的人际风格和治疗联盟进行了评估。罪犯对治疗联盟的评价比治疗师更积极。关于人际风格的影响，治疗师的亲和性与罪犯对治疗联盟的评分呈正相关，而治疗师的控制性与罪犯对治疗联盟的评分呈负相关；换句话说，当治疗师被认为具有亲和性时，罪犯对治疗联盟的评价更高，而当治疗师被视为具有控制性时，评价则更低。罪犯的亲和性与治疗师对治疗联盟的评分呈正相关；也就是说，当罪犯被认为更具亲和性时，治疗师对治疗联盟的评价更高；对罪犯控制性的认知与罪犯对治疗联盟的评分无关。罪犯与治疗师之间人际风格的互补性并未影响治疗联盟。
