Are goals and topics influenced by gender and modality in the initial marriage and family therapy session?

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-262

  Werner Wilson, Ronald Jay ^a   Zimmerman, Toni Schindler ^b   Price, Sharon J ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033113601     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1999.tb01126.x     Document Type: Article

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