Examining patients' and other group members' agreement about their alliance to the group as a whole and changes in patient symptoms using response surface analysis

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-207

  Lo Coco, Gianluca ^a   Gullo, Salvatore ^a   Kivlighan, Dennis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor partner analysis; Group alliance; Long term groups; Surface analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865324110     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027560     Document Type: Article

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