Family system test (FAST): The relevance of parental family constructs for clinical intervention

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-65

  Gehring, Thomas M ^a   Candrian, Michèle ^a   Marti, Daniel ^a   Real Del Sarte, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

FAST Representations of Parents; Mentally and Physically Distressed Children; Therapy Evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

CHILD; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029835664     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02353446     Document Type: Article

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