The relationship between attachment scales and group therapy alliance growth differs by treatment type for women with binge-eating disorder

Group Dynamics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Tasca, Giorgio A ^a   Balfour, Louise ^a   Ritchie, Kerri ^a   Bissada, Hany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment anxiety; Attachment scales; Attachment theory; Avoidance; Binge eating disorder; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Eating disorders; Group psychotherapy; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BINGE EATING DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHODYNAMICS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 33947674807     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.11.1.1     Document Type: Article

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