Pretreatment Expectancies and Premature Termination in a Training Clinic Environment

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-119

  Callahan, Jennifer L ^a   Aubuchon Endsley, Nickilynn ^b   Borja, Susan E ^b   Swift, Joshua K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attrition; competencies; expectations; premature termination; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649102310     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012901     Document Type: Article

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