Therapeutic assessment with children: Intervening with parents "behind the mirror"

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-123

  Tharinger, Deborah J ^a   Finn, Stephen E ^b   Arora, Prerna ^a   Judd Glossy, Laura ^a   Ihorn, Shasta M ^a   Wan, Judith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Center for Therapeutic Assessment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 84859727011     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2011.645932     Document Type: Article

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