The therapeutic alliance in home-based family therapy: Is it predictive of outcome?

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-102

  Johnson, Lee N ^a   Wright, David W ^a   Ketring, Scott A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; POVERTY; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036364530     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2002.tb01177.x     Document Type: Article

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