Is therapist alliance or whole group cohesion more influential in group psychotherapy outcomes?

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 239-246

  Crowe, Trevor P ^a   Grenyer, Brin F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 51849093574     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.583     Document Type: Article

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