Reciprocal influence of alliance to the group and outcome in day treatment for eating disorders

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 507-517

  Tasca, Giorgio A ^a   Lampard, Amy M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance to the group; Alliance outcome relationship; Group psychotherapy; Latent change score analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874312447     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029947     Document Type: Article

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