The working alliance in a randomized controlled trial comparing Internet-based self-help and face-to-face cognitive behavior therapy for chronic tinnitus

Internet Interventions

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 49-57

  Jasper, Kristine ^a   Weise, Cornelia ^b,c   Conrad, Isabell ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^c,d   Hiller, Wolfgang ^a   Kleinstäuber, Maria ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c Linköping University   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavior group therapy; Internet based cognitive behavior therapy; Therapeutic alliance; Tinnitus; Working alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FACE TO FACE COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET BASED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINI TINNITUS QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF HELP; TINNITUS; TINNITUS HANDICAP INVENTORY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKING ALLIANCE INVENTORY SHORT REVISED;

EID: 84904255891     PISSN: 22147829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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