The influence of demand characteristics and social desirability on clients' ratings of the therapeutic alliance

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 696-709

  Reese, Robert J ^a   Gillaspy, J Arthur ^b   Owen, Jesse J ^c   Flora, Kevin L ^a   Cunningham, Linda C ^a   Archie, Danielle ^b   Marsden, Troymichael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Client feedback; Patient focused research; Therapeutic alliance; Therapeutic relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878825755     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21946     Document Type: Article

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