INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT ON SUCCESS OF THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS: A META-ANALYTIC REVIEW

Psychotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 464-476

  Roehrle, Bernd ^a   Strouse, Janina ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

meta analysis; psychotherapy; social support

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FAMILY THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MENTAL STRESS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCINFO; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58749086786     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014333     Document Type: Article

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