Working Alliance and Subjective Engagement with a Digital Avatar CBT Platform (RITch®CBT): Comparing Young Adults with and Without Co-Occurring Substance Use and Depression

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This study examines working alliance and subjective engagement with the RITch®CBT digital avatar platform among 99 young adults with substance use, depression, or both. It compares how these factors vary across diagnostic groups and over repeated sessions, noting that depressive symptoms correlated with willingness to attend future sessions. The resource is intended for researchers and clinicians interested in digital mental health interventions for this demographic.

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3ab033e987f8409f
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PubMed Central
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Victoria Pezzino (University of Rochester), Cassandra Berbary (University of Rochester), Courtney McKinney (Rochester Institute of Technology), Celeste Sangiorgio (Rochester Institute of Technology), Emi Moriuchi (Rochester Institute of Technology), Korena S. Klimczak (Utah State University), Robert Kay Cooper (University at Buffalo, State University of New York), Wonkyung Kniffen (University of Rochester), Maya Hareli (Lurie Children's Hospital), Cory Crane (University of Rochester), Caroline J. Easton (University of Rochester)
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2026-05-07
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gold
DOI
10.3390/bs16050719
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@article{allodium:3ab033e987f8409f,
  title = {Working Alliance and Subjective Engagement with a Digital Avatar CBT Platform (RITch®CBT): Comparing Young Adults with and Without Co-Occurring Substance Use and Depression},
  author = {Victoria Pezzino and Cassandra Berbary and Courtney McKinney and Celeste Sangiorgio and Emi Moriuchi and Korena S. Klimczak and Robert Kay Cooper and Wonkyung Kniffen and Maya Hareli and Cory Crane and Caroline J. Easton},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PubMed Central},
  doi = {10.3390/bs16050719},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16050719}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Working Alliance and Subjective Engagement with a Digital Avatar CBT Platform (RITch®CBT): Comparing Young Adults with and Without Co-Occurring Substance Use and Depression
AU  - Pezzino, Victoria
AU  - Berbary, Cassandra
AU  - McKinney, Courtney
AU  - Sangiorgio, Celeste
AU  - Moriuchi, Emi
AU  - Klimczak, Korena S.
AU  - Cooper, Robert Kay
AU  - Kniffen, Wonkyung
AU  - Hareli, Maya
AU  - Crane, Cory
AU  - Easton, Caroline J.
PY  - 2026
PB  - PubMed Central
DO  - 10.3390/bs16050719
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16050719
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Pezzino, V., Berbary, C., McKinney, C., Sangiorgio, C., Moriuchi, E., Klimczak, K. S., Cooper, R. K., Kniffen, W., Hareli, M., Crane, C., & Easton, C. J. (2026). Working Alliance and Subjective Engagement with a Digital Avatar CBT Platform (RITch®CBT): Comparing Young Adults with and Without Co-Occurring Substance Use and Depression. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16050719

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