O poster dedicado ao tema “Child’s Therapeutic Alliance in a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Does exposure make a difference?” foi distinguido com o 2.º Prémio no 54th EABCT Congress “New Age of CBT – Challenges and Perspectives”.

Da autoria de Ana Isabel Pereira, Margarida Perdigão, Ana Maria Pereira e Bruna Paulino (CICPSI, FP-ULisboa), Mónica Duarte, Mariana Saraiva e Daniela Cordeiro (FP-Ulisboa) e Helena Moreira (University of Coimbra-CINEICC), o poster foi selecionado entre os 240 apresentados nesta conferência internacional que decorreu em Belgrado, Sérvia, entre 4 a 7 de setembro de 2024.

A investigação foi desenvolvida com financiamento da Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P., designadamente através dos projectos com as referências: SFRH/BD/06835/2020, PTDC/PSI-GER/0689/2020 (http://doi.org/10.54499/PTDC/PSI-GER/3281/2020), CICPSI -FCT UIDP/04527/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDP/04527/2020);

Resumo dos resultados apresentados da investigação desenvolvida

This study examines the differences in Observed and Perceived Therapeutic Alliance between the first sessions and exposure sessions in a Cognitive Behavioural Intervention for Anxiety Disorders. The sample is composed of 43 children (M age=9,44, DP =1,52 44% boys) with a primary diagnosis ofanxiety disorder participating in a group intervention (Coping Cat; Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children). Therapeutic Alliance was measured session by session using the Therapy Process Observational Coding System – Alliance Scale (TPOCS-A). The Therapeutic Alliance Scale for Children – Revised (TASC-r) was administered to the children in the 6th and 13th sessions. When comparing the sessions of the first segment of the intervention with the exposure segment, results show no significant differences in Perceived Therapeutic Alliance but a significant difference in Observed Therapeutic Alliance. Children show a higher therapeutic alliance inthe exposure sessions. These results indicate that exposure does not negatively impact a child’s Therapeutic Alliance.

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