Sources accounting for alliance and cohesion at three stages in group psychotherapy: Variance component analyses

Group Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 368-383

  Bakali, Jan Vegard ^a   Wilberg, Theresa ^a   Hagtvet, Knut A ^b   Lorentzen, Steinar ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alliance; Cohesion; Group psychotherapy; Variance components

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650358478     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019170     Document Type: Article

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