Therapist Effects on and Predictors of Non-Consensual Dropout in Psychotherapy

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 312-321

  Zimmermann, Dirk ^a   Rubel, Julian ^a   Page, Andrew C ^b   Lutz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a University of Trier   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Dropout; Mixed Effect Logistic Regression; Personality Styles; Therapist Effects; Treatment Expectation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84968560942     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2022     Document Type: Article

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