Listening is associated with and a likely cause of desired organizational outcomes in
numerous areas, including job performance, leadership, quality of relationships (eg, trust) …

This article reviews meta-analytic evidence for the alliance–outcome relation in couple and
family therapy (CFT), with implications for clinical practice. We begin by describing the …

In this chapter we begin with terminology and definitions that are essential for understanding
dyadic and group data. We then discuss a statistical technique that has become …

The therapeutic value of alliance is a contested supposition. Although many theorists and
researchers believe that alliance is therapeutic in itself, others see it as a byproduct of …

Drawing from 2 largely isolated approaches to the study of social stress—stress proliferation
and minority stress—the authors theorize about stress and mental health among same‐sex …

Multilevel modeling (MLM) and structural equation modeling (SEM) are the dominant
methods for the analysis of dyadic data. Both methods are extensively reviewed for the …

Objective: Better alliance is known to predict better psychotherapy outcomes, but the
interdependent and interactive effects of both therapist-and patient-reported alliance levels …

Although writing about the real relationship has existed from the beginnings of the “talking
cure,” it is only in recent years that empirical research has focused on this phenomenon. The …

Our relationships are an important resource for health and well-being in times of need, often
buffering the negative effects of stressful situations. Recent research has expanded on these …

Mothers who have experienced childhood maltreatment are more likely to have children
also exposed to maltreatment, a phenomenon known as intergenerational transmission …