Causal Client Models in Selecting Effective Interventions: A Cognitive Mapping Study

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 581-592

  de Kwaadsteniet, Leontien ^a   Hagmayer, York ^b   Krol, Nicole P C M ^a   Witteman, Cilia L M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Causal reasoning; Clinical decision making; Cognitive mapping; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL MODELING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONCEPT MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PLAY THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956748689     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019696     Document Type: Article

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