Assessing Readiness for Couple Therapy: The Stages of Relationship Change Questionnaire

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 486-501

  Bradford, Kay ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; STANDARD;

ADULT; COUPLES THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864014569     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: 17520606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2010.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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