Empiricism in Psychotherapy: Behavioural Specification and Measurement
- 29 January 1975
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 126 (1) , 73-80
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.126.1.73
Abstract
Psychotherapy can borrow an empirical base from behaviour technology, a discipline which involves the control and prediction of behaviour through environmental manipulation. Fundamental to the achievement of control and prediction is measurement.Keywords
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