The Differences of the Perceptions of Working Alliance and Session Impact between Premature Termination and Mutual Termination Client-Counselor Dyads

• Main Authors: Ping Wei Wu, 吳秉衛
• Other Authors: Chien,Ching-fu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/03947706423766410697

碩士 === 國立屏東教育大學 === 教育心理與輔導學系碩士班 === 94 === The main purpose of this study was to examine the differences of the perception of working alliance and session impact between premature termination and mutual termination client-counselor dyads. Participants were 32 client-counselor dyads from 9 different university counseling centers in Taiwan. After first session or the first and the third session, clients and counselors completed Working Alliance Inventory and Session Evaluation Questionnaire. The types of termination was sorted by counselors. The obtained data were analyzed with Mann-Whitney U test. The results are as follows: 1.Clients who later terminated prematurely gave total working alliance of the first session significantly lower ratings than did clients who later terminated mutually. 2.Counselors whose clients later terminated prematurely gave significant lower total, goal sub-scale and work subscale working alliance ratings than did counselors whose clients later terminated mutually. However, counselors whose clients later terminated prematurely didn’t give bond sub-scale of WAI significant lower ratings than did counselors whose clients later terminated mutually. 3.Clients who later terminated prematurely didn’t give the working alliance of the third session significantly lower ratings than did clients who later terminated mutually. 4.Counselors whose clients later terminated prematurely didn’t give the working alliance of the third session significantly lower ratings than did counselors whose clients later terminated mutually. 5.Clients who later terminated prematurely didn’t give the session impact of the first session significantly lower ratings than did clients who later terminated mutually. 6.Counselors whose clients later terminated prematurely didn’t give the session impact of the first session significantly lower ratings than did counselors whose clients later terminated mutually. 7.Clients who later terminated prematurely didn’t give the session impact of the third session significantly lower ratings than did clients who later terminated mutually. 8.Counselors whose clients later terminated prematurely didn’t give the session impact of the third session significantly lower ratings than did counselors whose clients later terminated mutually. Suggestions were made for future research and counseling practice.