Research suggests that a client's achievement goal orientation and alliance are important for positive treatment outcomes. However, it is currently unknown how a member's goal orientation and alliance in tandem relate to members' improvement in group therapy, despite conceptual wisdom regarding the additive effect of a high alliance and a mastery or approach goal orientation. Therefore, this study sought to examine the congruence between members' goal orientation and the member-group alliance on members' perceived improvement in group therapy. Data for this study came from 99 clients across 10 interpersonal process groups. Polynomial regression and response surface analysis were used to test the congruent and discrepant effects of members' goal orientation (i.e., approach-performance, avoidance-performance, and mastery orientation) and group alliance on their perceived improvement in group therapy. As hypothesized, members who reported congruent high group alliance and high mastery orientation or approach orientation compared to congruent low alliance and low mastery or approach orientation reported high levels of improvement in group therapy. Regarding discrepant effects, discrepant high alliance and low avoidance orientation compared to low alliance and high avoidance was positively related to improvement in group therapy, and discrepant high alliance and low approach orientation compared to low alliance and high approach was positively related to improvement in group therapy. Last, discrepant high alliance and low mastery and low alliance and high mastery were positively related to improvement in group therapy, suggesting a compensatory effect between mastery orientation and alliance on improvement. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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团体治疗中成员的目标导向和工作联盟：反应面分析。


研究表明，客户的成就目标导向和联盟对于积极的治疗结果非常重要。然而，目前尚不清楚成员的目标导向和联盟的协同与成员在团体治疗中的改进如何相关，尽管关于高度联盟和掌握或接近目标导向的附加效应的概念智慧。因此，本研究试图检验成员的目标导向和成员-团体联盟之间对成员在团体治疗中感知改善的一致性。这项研究的数据来自 10 个人际过程组的 99 名客户。多项式回归和响应面分析用于测试成员的目标定向（即接近表现、回避表现和掌握定向）和团体联盟对他们在团体治疗中感知的改善的一致和差异影响。正如假设的那样，与一致的低联盟和低掌握或接近取向相比，报告一致的高团体联盟和高掌握取向或接近取向的成员报告了团体治疗的高水平改善。关于差异效应，与低联盟和高回避相比，差异高联盟和低回避取向与团体治疗的改善呈正相关，与低联盟和高接近相比，差异高联盟和低接近取向与团体治疗的改善呈正相关。最后，高联盟和低掌握度以及低联盟和高掌握度的差异与团体治疗的改善呈正相关，这表明掌握方向和联盟之间对改善有补偿作用。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。