The influence of psychodynamically oriented therapists' attachment representations on outcome and alliance in inpatient psychotherapy

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-202

  Schauenburg, Henning ^a   Buchheim, Anna ^b   Beckh, Kathrin ^c   Nolte, Tobias ^d   Brenk Franz, Katja ^e   Leichsenring, Falk ^f   Strack, Micha ^g   Dinger, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c IFP Munich   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f Giessen Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alliance; Attachment; Outcome research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951192258     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300903204043     Document Type: Article

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