How the Working Alliance with Adolescent Girls in Residential Care Predicts the Trajectories of Their Behavior Problems. Issue 2 (2nd April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ayotte, Marie-Hélène; Lanctôt, Nadine; Tourigny, Marc
• Is Part Of: Residential treatment for children & youth. Volume 33:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 135
• Page End: 154
• Publication Date: 2016-04-02
• Subjects: adolescent girls -- behavior problems -- residential care -- trajectories -- working alliance; Children -- Institutional care -- Periodicals; Youth -- Institutional care -- Periodicals; 362.732
• DOI: 10.1080/0886571X.2016.1175994
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0886-571X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to determine how well the working alliance between adolescent girls and staff in residential centers predicted the trajectories of their behavior problems from mid-adolescence to emerging adulthood. Findings showed that even after controlling for intake characteristics, the working alliance reported by the girls has a predictive effect on the trajectories of behavior problems. The weaker the alliance the girls reported, the more likely they were to follow a trajectory characterized by more behavior problems instead of trajectories of low and declining problems. Implications for research and practice are discussed.