BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Quantitative Psychology and Measurement
Psychometric properties of an adapted working alliance scale among Latinos
Provisionally accepted
Francisco Cartujano-Barrera1*
Alessandra Cupertino2
Lara Daimarelys1
Laisa Sartes3Ciara A Torres4Dora Ponce4Delwyn Catley5Lisa Sanderson Cox6Ana Paula Cupertino1- 1University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, United States
- 2Universidade de Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil
- 3Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
- 4The Decídetexto Community Advisory Board, Hackensack, United States
- 5Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, United States
- 6The University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, United States
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Objective: To assess the psychometric properties (i.e., internal consistency reliability, factorial validity, concurrent validity, and discriminant validity) of the Working Alliance with Smoking Cessation Program (WASCOP) Scale, an adapted scale of working alliance designed for "non-traditional" therapeutic settings. Methods: This was a secondary data analysis of the Month 3 follow-up data from Decídetexto, a randomized clinical trial assessing the efficacy of a culturally accommodated mobile smoking cessation intervention among Latinos. The sample included 374 participants who completed at least 10 of the 12 WASCOP items. Analyses included Cronbach's alpha, exploratory factor analysis, and Spearman's correlations with study satisfaction and smoking self-efficacy. Results: Following the removal of two negatively worded items, the 10-item WASCOP Scale demonstrated excellent internal consistency (α = 0.91). Factor analysis supported a two-factor structure. WASCOP scores were moderately correlated with program satisfaction (r = 0.530) and weakly with self-efficacy (r = 0.318), supporting construct and discriminant validity. Conclusion: The 10-item WASCOP Scale possesses acceptable internal consistency reliability, construct validity, and concurrent validity among Latinos. These findings support it potential applications in both research and clinical settings.
Keywords: Latino adults, Latinos, Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Working alliance scale
Received: 14 Jun 2025; Accepted: 17 Dec 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Cartujano-Barrera, Cupertino, Daimarelys, Sartes, Torres, Ponce, Catley, Sanderson Cox and Cupertino. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Francisco Cartujano-Barrera
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