Common factors are not Islands - They work through models: A response to Sexton, Ridley, and Kleiner

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-157

  Sprenkle, Douglas H ^a   Blow, Adrian J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842864966     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2004.tb01230.x     Document Type: Review

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