BIAS IN PSYCHOTHERAPIST RATINGS OF CLIENT TRANSFERENCE AND INSIGHT

Psychotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 300-315

  Markin, Rayna D ^a   Kivlighan Jr , Dennis M ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

insight; participant ratings; rater bias; transference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSFERENCE;

EID: 36048958246     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-3204.44.3.300     Document Type: Article

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