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The Psychometric Properties of the WAI in a Career Counseling Setting: Comparison With a Personal Counseling Sample

Published:2010-09-13 Issue:4 Volume:18 Page:409-419
ISSN:1069-0727
Container-title:Journal of Career Assessment
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Career Assessment

Author:

Perdrix Sophie¹,de Roten Yves²,Kolly Stéphane²,Rossier Jérôme³

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

2. Institute of Psychotherapy, University of Lausanne, Prilly, Switzerland

3. Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland,

Abstract

This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Working Alliance Inventory-Client version (WAI-C) and Working Alliance Inventory-Short and revised (WAI-SR) in a career counseling setting. Moreover, it compared the impact of career versus personal counseling settings based on results obtained using the WAI-SR. Subjects were 188 French-speaking career counseling clients and 95 French-speaking personal counseling clients, mainly students. For the career counseling sample, total reliability was .87 for the WAI-C and .76 for the WAI-SR. The shape of the distribution was normal but the variance was significantly lower for the career counseling sample. Exploratory factor analyses (EFAs) and confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) confirmed the presence of an overall working alliance factor but indicated a clearer hierarchical structure for the WAI-SR than for the WAI-C. The psychometric properties seemed only slightly affected by the counseling setting, suggesting that this inventory is also relevant for career counseling, especially the WAI-SR, which has a more robust factorial structure.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,General Psychology,Applied Psychology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1069072710374583

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