Modeling longitudinal data from a rolling therapy group program with membership turnover: Does group culture affect individual alliance?

Group Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-162

  Tasca, Giorgio A ^a,b   Ramsay, Tim ^c   Corace, Kimberly ^a,b   Illing, Vanessa ^a,b   Bone, Meagan ^a   Bissada, Hany ^a,b   Balfour, Louise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alliance; Eating disorders; Group psychotherapy; Multilevel models; Rolling groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954163824     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018778     Document Type: Article

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