Common Factors of Change in Couple Therapy

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-48

  Davis, Sean D ^a   Lebow, Jay L ^b   Sprenkle, Douglas H ^c  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common factors; Couple therapy; Outcome research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE BEHAVIORAL COUPLE THERAPY; MARITAL THERAPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCESS MODEL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRADITIONAL BEHAVIORAL COUPLE THERAPY; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COUPLES THERAPY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856456850     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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