Attachment anxiety moderates the relationship between growth in group cohesion and treatment outcomes in group psychodynamic interpersonal psychotherapy for women with binge eating disorder

Group Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-52

  Gallagher, Meagan E ^a   Tasca, Giorgio A ^a   Ritchie, Kerri ^a   Balfour, Louise ^a   Bissada, Hany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Binge eating disorder; Cohesion; Group psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897858950     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034760     Document Type: Article

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