Establishing guidelines for executing and reporting internet intervention research

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 82-97

  Proudfoot, Judith ^a   Klein, Britt ^b   Barak, Azy ^c   Carlbring, Per ^d   Cuijpers, Pim ^e   Lange, Alfred ^f   Ritterband, Lee ^g   Andersson, Gerhard ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^h LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Guidelines; Internet interventions; Reporting criteria; Research

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; TELECONSULTATION;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79960070679     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2011.573807     Document Type: Article

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