Adult Attachment Styles and Group Psychotherapy Attitudes

Group Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 255-264

  Marmarosh, Cheri L ^a   Whipple, Rachel ^a   Schettler, Melanie ^a   Pinhas, Sandra ^a   Wolf, Jami ^a   Sayit, Sinan ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; group attitudes; group referral; group therapy; psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149188202     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015957     Document Type: Article

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