Allegiance in psychotherapy outcome research: Separating association from bias

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-65

  Leykin, Yan ^a   DeRubeis, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allegiance; Allegiance bias; Randomized controlled trial; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749086824     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2009.01143.x     Document Type: Review

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