THERAPISTS' ATTACHMENT, PATIENTS' INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS AND ALLIANCE DEVELOPMENT OVER TIME IN INPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY

Psychotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-290

  Dinger, Ulrike ^a   Strack, Micha ^b   Sachsse, Tilmann ^a   Schauenburg, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

attachment theory; interpersonal theory; therapeutic alliance; therapist factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 72049098208     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016913     Document Type: Article

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