Developing an indicator of family function and a practicable outcome measure for systemic family and couple therapy: The SCORE

Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-258

  Stratton, Peter ^a   Bland, Julia ^b   Janes, Emma ^b   Lask, Judith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication.; Difficulties; Family therapy; Outcome measurement; Psychometric; SCORE; Self report; Strengths

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954701923     PISSN: 01634445     EISSN: 14676427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2010.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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