Treatment Expectations, Alliance, Session Positivity, and Outcome: An Investigation of a Three-Path Mediation Model

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-49

  Mcclintock, Andrew S ^a   Anderson, Timothy ^a   Petrarca, Allison ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance therapeutic alliance; Expectancy; Psychotherapy; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COUNSELING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHODS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916920212     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22119     Document Type: Article

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