Substance use disorders and racial/ethnic minorities matter: A meta-analytic examination of the relation between alliance and outcome

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 610-616

  Flückiger, Christoph ^a,b   Del Re, Aaron C ^c   Horvath, Adam O ^d   Symonds, Dianne ^e   Ackert, Michael ^a   Wampold, Bruce E ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g MODUM BAD PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alliance outcome correlation; Ethnic minorities; Meta analysis; Substance use disorder; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887555025     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033161     Document Type: Article

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