Studying Psychotherapy Using the One-With-Many Design: The Therapeutic Alliance as an Exemplar

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 537-548

  Marcus, David K ^a   Kashy, Deborah A ^b   Baldwin, Scott A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alliance; multilevel modeling; one with many design; research methods; social relations model

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449473111     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017291     Document Type: Article

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