Development and validation of the working alliance inventory short form Thai client version. (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Leangsuksant, Thanapol; Taephant, Nattasuda
• Is Part Of: Asia pacific journal of counselling and psychotherapy. Volume 13:Number 1(2022)
• Page Start: 40
• Page End: 52
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: Working alliance inventory -- WAI -- Asian -- reliability -- confirmatory factor analysis; Counseling -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; 616.8914
• DOI: 10.1080/21507686.2022.2036784
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2150-7686

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study aims to validate instrumental qualities including reliabilities and construct validity of the short form Thai version of the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI-S). The instrument was developed using a three-step translation process. A sample consists of 102 clients who attended counselling sessions at a university in Thailand. The reliabilities of the Thai WAI-S were high. The confirmatory factor analysis found that both 1-dimension or 3-interrelated dimension models were equally fit and can be used to measure working alliance depending on the research objective.