Alliance structure assessed by the Agnew Relationship Measure (ARM)

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-172

  Agnew Davies, Roxane ^a   Stiles, William B ^b   Hardy, Gillian E ^c   Barkham, Michael ^c   Shapiro, David A ^c  

^a Miami University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0031746281     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01291.x     Document Type: Article

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