Counseling dropout relative to client attractiveness, disturbance, and expected number of sessions

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-291

  Tryon, Georgiana Shick ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032722646     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515079908254098     Document Type: Article

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