Interpersonal predictors of outcome following short-term group therapy for complicated grief: A replication

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-135

  Joyce, Anthony S ^a   Ogrodniczuk, John S ^b   Piper, William E ^b   Sheptycki, Amanda R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment insecurity; Complicated grief; Interpersonal relatedness; Predictors of outcome; Short term group therapy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GRIEF; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952077566     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.686     Document Type: Article

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