Analytic complexities associated with group therapy in substance abuse treatment research: Problems, recommendations, and future directions

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-273

  Morgan Lopez, Antonio A ^a   Fals Stewart, William ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Group therapy; Missing data; Multiple membership; Pattern mixtures

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33745592185     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.14.2.265     Document Type: Article

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