Do gender and racial differences between patient and therapist affect therapeutic alliance and treatment retention in adolescents?

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 400-408

  Wintersteen, Matthew B ^a   Mensinger, Janell L ^b   Diamond, Guy S ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent therapy; Gender matching; Racial matching; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444450053     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.36.4.400     Document Type: Article

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