Toward Making Progress Feedback an Effective Common Factor in Couple Therapy

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-60

  Halford, W Kim ^a   Hayes, Samira ^a   Christensen, Andrew ^b   Lambert, Michael ^c   Baucom, Donald H ^d   Atkins, David C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple therapy; Feedback; Marital therapy; Outcome; Progress monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE BEHAVIORAL COUPLE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; TRADITIONAL BEHAVIORAL COUPLE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COUPLES THERAPY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856435662     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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