OBJECTIVE This study examined the temporal relation between therapeutic alliance and outcome in two treatments for bulimia nervosa (BN). METHOD Eighty adults with BN symptoms were randomized to 21 sessions of integrative cognitive-affective therapy (ICAT) or enhanced cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT-E). Bulimic symptoms (i.e., frequency of binge eating and purging) were assessed at each sess...

A defensive k−alliance in a graph G = (V, E) is a set of vertices A ⊆ V such that for every vertex v ∈ A, the number of neighbors v has in A is at least k more than the number of neighbors it has in V −A (where k is the strength of defensive k−alliance). An offensive k−alliance is a set of vertices A ⊆ V such that for every vertex v ∈ ∂A, the number of neighbors v has in A is at least k more th...

Conflict is the key factor to affect investment and benefits of the industry technologies and innovation strategic alliance. This paper constructs an investment decision model of industry technology innovation strategic alliance by discussing the influence of the conflict on the alliance generic technology investment and the impact of member benefits. The results suggest that maximize revenue o...

This study examined clinical predictors of client and therapist alliance ratings early in therapy, the relationship between client and therapist alliance ratings, and the psychometric properties of the Working Alliance Inventory in individuals with schizophrenia receiving manual-based treatment. Assessment of clinical symptoms and social functioning were conducted at baseline, and alliance rati...

Over the past decades alliance activity among companies has reached unsurpassed levels. In spite of this strong increase in alliance activity, success rates of alliances have been surprisingly low. In this paper we study two main lines of research that aim to explain alliance performance; i.e. research that has stresses the role of trust and personal interaction in inter-organizational relation...

Explored the specific behavior of therapists contributing to a child client's perception of a therapeutic alliance with youth (n = 56) who received a manualized cognitive-behavioral treatment for anxiety disorders. The first 3 sessions were coded for 11 therapist behaviors hypothesized to predict ratings of alliance. Child, therapist, and observer alliance ratings were gathered after the 3rd an...

Strategic alliance represents an important business activity for firms to access desirable resources and to enhance their competitive advantages. An important task concerning strategic alliance is alliance formation prediction, which can help a firm anticipate possible alliance actions of its rivals and accordingly develop strategies to prevent their partnering opportunities or neutralize the a...

Purpose – The paper seeks to propose a framework for examining the dynamics of learning in the various stages of alliance development. Design/methodology/approach – The three kinds of learning in alliances are described – namely, content, partner-specific, and alliance management – and the saliences and implications of particular types of learning in different alliance stages are discussed. Fin...