The sleeper effect: Artifact or phenomenon - A brief comment on Bell et al. (2013)

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 438-442

  Flückiger, Christoph ^a   Del Re, A C ^b   Wampold, Bruce E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

additive studies; follow up; longitudinal meta analysis; sleeper effect

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; EFFECT SIZE; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SLEEPER EFFECT; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926005434     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037220     Document Type: Review

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