Factor structure, reliability, and validity of the therapist response questionnaire

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 147-158

  Tanzilli, Annalisa ^a   Colli, Antonello ^b   Del Corno, Franco ^c   Lingiardi, Vittorio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c Association for Research in Clinical Psychology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Personality disorders; SWAP 200; Symptom severity; Therapist emotional response; TRQ

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; DEVICES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84942054063     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/per0000146     Document Type: Article

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