Investigating treatment mediators when simple random assignment to a control group is not possible

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-336

  Doss, Brian D ^a   Atkins, David C ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control group; Mediation; Regression discontinuity; Study design; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDIATOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 34248344994     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2006.00045.x     Document Type: Review

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