Abstract：
The working alliance between therapists and patients is an important factor in the psychotherapy processes. Trait emotional intelligence has also been found to be malleable in treatment and to play a significant role in patient outcomes. The present study investigated how the relationship between measured working alliance and patient symptoms may differ depending on changes in patient trait emotional intelligence capacities.
One hundred twenty-nine adults at a community mental health clinic completed self-report measures at the beginning of treatment, as well as 8 months into treatment. Hierarchical linear regressions were computed to assess the interaction of working alliance and trait emotional intelligence scores on patient symptom scores. Simple slope tests were used to probe significant interactions.
Trait emotional intelligence served as a significant moderator on the relationship between working alliance and patient symptoms. Specifically, the relationship between working alliance and patient symptoms was only significant for participants who reported an improvement in trait emotional intelligence over the course of treatment.
Results demonstrate that the impact of working alliance on patient symptom outcomes depended on patient improvement in trait emotional intelligence capacities. Such findings emphasize the importance of investigating the nuanced individual factors that impact the ways in which working alliance relates to treatment outcomes.
One hundred twenty-nine adults at a community mental health clinic completed self-report measures at the beginning of treatment, as well as 8 months into treatment. Hierarchical linear regressions were computed to assess the interaction of working alliance and trait emotional intelligence scores on patient symptom scores. Simple slope tests were used to probe significant interactions.
Trait emotional intelligence served as a significant moderator on the relationship between working alliance and patient symptoms. Specifically, the relationship between working alliance and patient symptoms was only significant for participants who reported an improvement in trait emotional intelligence over the course of treatment.
Results demonstrate that the impact of working alliance on patient symptom outcomes depended on patient improvement in trait emotional intelligence capacities. Such findings emphasize the importance of investigating the nuanced individual factors that impact the ways in which working alliance relates to treatment outcomes.
摘要：
目的：治疗师与患者之间的工作联盟是心理治疗过程中的重要因素。还发现特质情绪智力在治疗中具有延展性，并在患者预后中起重要作用。本研究调查了测量的工作联盟与患者症状之间的关系如何根据患者特质情绪智力能力的变化而有所不同。
方法：在社区心理健康诊所的一百二十九名成年人在治疗开始时完成了自我报告措施，以及8个月的治疗。计算分层线性回归以评估工作联盟和特质情绪智力得分对患者症状得分的相互作用。使用简单的斜率测试来探测显著的相互作用。
结果：特质情绪智力在工作联盟与患者症状之间的关系中起着重要的调节作用。具体来说,工作联盟与患者症状之间的关系仅对那些报告在治疗过程中特质情绪智力改善的参与者有意义.
结论：结果表明，工作联盟对患者症状结果的影响取决于患者特质情绪智力能力的改善。这些发现强调了调查影响工作联盟与治疗结果的方式的细微差别的个人因素的重要性。
方法：在社区心理健康诊所的一百二十九名成年人在治疗开始时完成了自我报告措施，以及8个月的治疗。计算分层线性回归以评估工作联盟和特质情绪智力得分对患者症状得分的相互作用。使用简单的斜率测试来探测显著的相互作用。
结果：特质情绪智力在工作联盟与患者症状之间的关系中起着重要的调节作用。具体来说,工作联盟与患者症状之间的关系仅对那些报告在治疗过程中特质情绪智力改善的参与者有意义.
结论：结果表明，工作联盟对患者症状结果的影响取决于患者特质情绪智力能力的改善。这些发现强调了调查影响工作联盟与治疗结果的方式的细微差别的个人因素的重要性。
