Working alliance as a mediator and moderator between expectations for counseling success and counseling outcome among Korean clients

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 271-281

  Yoo, Sung Kyung ^a   Hong, Sehee ^b   Sohn, Nanhee ^a   O'Brien, Karen M ^c  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling expectations; Counseling outcome; Korean clients; Working alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902354673     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-014-9320-2     Document Type: Article

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