Calibration of Measures for Psychotherapy Outcome Studies

American Psychologist

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1065-1071

  Sechrest, Lee ^a,b   McKnight, Patrick ^a,b   McKnight, Katherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030267672     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.51.10.1065     Document Type: Article

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