The effectiveness of personal construct psychotherapy in clinical practice: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-442

  Metcalfe, Chris ^a   Winter, David ^b   Viney, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT PSYCHOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 34250630034     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300600755115     Document Type: Article

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