What works for whom: A meta-analytic review of marital and couples therapy in reference to marital distress

American Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 273-287

  Wood, Nathan D ^a   Crane, D Russell ^b   Schaalje, G Bruce ^b   Law, David D ^c  

^a UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 22944478058     PISSN: 01926187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926180590962147     Document Type: Review

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