Group cognitive behavioural therapy for depression outcomes predicted by willingness to engage in homework, compliance with homework, and cognitive restructuring skill acquisition

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 199-215

  Neimeyer, Robert A ^a   Kazantzis, Nikolaos ^b   Kassler, Dina M ^a   Baker, Kurt D ^c   Fletcher, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioural therapy; Cognitive therapy; Group therapy; Homework assignments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HAMILTON SCALE; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 58; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANUALS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TENNESSEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57049156640     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506070801981240     Document Type: Article

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