This article proposes the conceptualization of the term “mediating alliance” to further the development of theories about success factors in mediation. Extending Bordin's pan-theoretical conceptualization of the “working alliance” to the field of mediation, we first define the term “mediating alliance.” We then apply research on success factors in mediation to elements of the alliance as it relates to goals, tasks, and bonds developed in the mediation process. We offer the mediating alliance as a framework in which cooperative interaction emerges. At a theoretical level, the mediating alliance, as an integrative framework, contributes to the study of effectiveness in mediation. Methodologically, the operationalization of this concept, based on the theory of speech acts, facilitates the application of a mixed methods approach to future lines of research. At a practical level, this new concept, and the results of future research, will allow scholars to develop hypotheses about the effectiveness of communication strategies in mediation that can be applied to the practice of mediation and the training of mediators.

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调解联盟

本文提出“调解联盟”一词的概念化，以进一步发展有关调解成功因素的理论。将博尔丁对“工作联盟”的泛理论概念延伸到调解领域，我们首先对“调解联盟”这一术语进行界定。然后，我们将对调解成功因素的研究应用于联盟的要素，因为它与调解过程中制定的目标、任务和纽带有关。我们提供中介联盟作为合作互动出现的框架。在理论层面，调解联盟作为一个综合框架，有助于调解有效性的研究。在方法论上，这个概念的操作化，基于言语行为理论，促进混合方法方法在未来研究领域的应用。在实践层面上，这一新概念和未来研究的结果将使学者们能够提出关于调解中沟通策略有效性的假设，这些假设可应用于调解实践和调解员培训。