Bridging the Clinician/Researcher Gap with Systemic Research: The Case for Process Research, Dyadic, and Sequential Analysis

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-27

  Oka, Megan ^a   Whiting, Jason ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FAMILY THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MARITAL THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FAMILY THERAPY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MARITAL THERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84872499071     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: 17520606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2012.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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