Understanding change in conjoint psychotherapy: Inviting clients to comment upon the validity of standardized change scores

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-278

  Olson, Michael M ^a   Russell, Candyce S ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conjoint therapy; qualitative and quantitative research; standardized change scores; therapeutic change

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444335698     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COFT.0000037914.58558.58     Document Type: Article

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