The clinical representativeness of couple therapy outcome research

Family Process

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-316

  Wright, John ^a   Sabourin, Stéphane ^b   Mondor, Josianne ^a   McDuff, Pierre ^a   Mamodhoussen, Salima ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical representativeness; Couple therapy; Effect size; Marriage counseling; Treatment Effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CANADA; COUNSELING; HUMAN; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIBLIOMETRICS; COUNSELING; COUPLES THERAPY; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUEBEC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547872003     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2007.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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