Effects of a group rational-emotive behavior therapy program on the type A behavior pattern

Psychological Reports

Volumn 78, Issue 3 PART 1, 1996, Pages 947-961

  Möller, André T ^a   Botha, Hein C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; PSYCHOTHERAPY, RATIONAL-EMOTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPE A PERSONALITY;

EID: 0030167275     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.78.3.947     Document Type: Article

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