A clinician's primer for idiographic research: Considerations and recommendations

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 938-951

  Piccirillo, Marilyn L ^a   Beck, Emorie D ^a   Rodebaugh, Thomas L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

idiographic; single subject; time series methodology; within person methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICIAN; HUMAN; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 85063106356     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2019.02.002     Document Type: Article

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