Understanding why therapy allegiance is linked to clinical outcomes

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-72

  Mcleod, Bryce D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allegiance; Allegiance bias; Mechanisms; Treatment integrity; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749114794     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2009.01145.x     Document Type: Note

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