Group Session Rating Scale: Preliminary psychometrics in substance abuse group interventions

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 194-200

  Quirk, Kelley ^a   Miller, Scott ^b   Duncan, Barry ^c   Owen, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b International Center for Clinical Excellence   (United States)

^c Heart and Soul of Change Project   (United States)

Author keywords

alliance; group climate; group cohesion; group therapy; therapy outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883556317     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733145.2012.744425     Document Type: Article

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