a Faculty of Education , Simon Fraser University , Burnaby , British Columbia , Canada.
Psychother Res. 2018 Jul;28(4):499-516. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2017.1373204. Epub 2017 Sep 13.
The aim of this review paper is to summarize the challenges facing research on the alliance now and going forward. The review begins with a brief overview of the development of the concept of the alliance in historical context.
A summary of what has been accomplished both within the psychotherapy research community and in other professions is presented. Current challenges facing this line of research are identified, including the existence of a wide range of operational definitions that results in a diffusion of the identity of the alliance concept. It is argued that the current situation generates risks to incremental growth in several lines of research.
A case is made that a lack of clarity regarding how several variables within the broader category of therapeutic relationships fit together, overlap, or complement each other is also potentially problematic. Efforts to resolve the lack of a consensual definition are reviewed, and in conclusion, it is argued that a resumption of a conversation about the relationship in the helping context in general, and the alliance in particular, should be resumed.
本文旨在总结当前及未来联盟研究面临的挑战。本综述首先简要概述了历史背景下联盟概念的发展。
总结了心理治疗研究界和其他专业领域已经取得的成果。确定了当前这一研究领域面临的挑战，包括存在广泛的操作定义，导致联盟概念的同一性扩散。有人认为，目前的情况给几条研究线的渐进式增长带来了风险。
有人认为，在更广泛的治疗关系类别中，有几个变量如何相互配合、重叠或互补缺乏明确性也是一个潜在的问题。本文回顾了为解决缺乏共识定义而做出的努力，并得出结论，应该恢复关于帮助背景下的关系，特别是联盟的讨论。
