Measuring responsiveness in the therapeutic relationship: A patient perspective

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-348

  Reis, Harry T ^a   Clark, Margaret S ^b   Pereira Gray, Denis J ^c   Tsai, Fen Fang ^d   Brown, Judith B ^e   Stewart, Moira ^e   Underwood, Lynn G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 57249098174     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973530802502275     Document Type: Article

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