Examining therapist comfort in delivering family therapy in home and community settings: Development and evaluation of the Therapist Comfort Scale

Psychotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-61

  Glebova, Tatiana ^a   Foster, Sharon L ^a   Cunningham, Phillippe B ^b   Brennan, Patricia A ^c   Whitmore, Elizabeth ^d  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Home based family therapy; Multisystemic therapy; Therapist comfort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMOTIONAL BONDING SUBSCALE OF THE WORKING ALLIANCE INVENTORY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTISYSTEMIC THERAPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THERAPIST COMFORT SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863216177     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025910     Document Type: Article

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