Dropout and therapeutic alliance: A meta-analysis of adult individual psychotherapy

Psychotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 637-645

  Sharf, Jennie ^a   Primavera, Louis H ^b   Diener, Marc J ^c  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Argosy University   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Premature termination; Psychotherapy dropout; Therapeutic alliance; Working alliance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 78651379100     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021175     Document Type: Article

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