Using decision trees to characterize verbal communication during change and stuck episodes in the therapeutic process

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Masías, Víctor Hugo ^a,b   Krause, Mariane ^c   Valdés, Nelson ^c   Pérez, J Carola ^d   Laengle, Sigifredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Coding system; Counseling; Decision trees; Pilot teaching method; Significant event

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926671863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00379     Document Type: Article

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