The group's absence norm and commitment to the group as predictors of group member absence in the next session: An actor-partner analysis

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-49

  Kivlighan, Dennis M ^a   Kivlighan, D Martin ^b   Cole, Odessa Dorian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence norm; Absences; Actor partner interdependence model

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RATIONALIZATION; RESEARCH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860832866     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025506     Document Type: Article

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