Therapist-Client Agreement in Assessments of Clients' Functioning

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1127-1134

  Bar Kalifa, Eran ^a   Atzil Slonim, Dana ^a   Rafaeli, Eshkol ^a   Peri, Tuvia ^a   Rubel, Julian ^b   Lutz, Wolfgang ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

between and within dyad analysis; Congruence; outcome; truth and bias model

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84998735331     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000157     Document Type: Article

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