There's No 'I' in GCBT: Identifying predictors of group-level outcome in transdiagnostic group cognitive-behavioral therapy for Anxiety

Group Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 63-76

  Paulus, Daniel J ^a   Hayes Skelton, Sarah A ^b   Norton, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Group CBT; Group composition; Group outcome; Group level change; Transdiagnostic anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946486873     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/gdn0000023     Document Type: Article

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