Good-enough level and dose-effect models: Variation among outcomes and therapists

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 22-30

  Owen, Jesse J ^a,d   Adelson, Jill ^a   Budge, Stephanie ^a   Kopta, Stephen M ^b,e   Reese, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

dose effect; good enough level; multilevel modeling; therapy outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84955409470     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2014.966346     Document Type: Article

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