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Published on in Vol 22, No 3 (2020): March

Measuring Alliance Toward Embodied Virtual Therapists in the Era of Automated Treatments With the Virtual Therapist Alliance Scale (VTAS): Development and Psychometric Evaluation

Measuring Alliance Toward Embodied Virtual Therapists in the Era of Automated Treatments With the Virtual Therapist Alliance Scale (VTAS): Development and Psychometric Evaluation

Measuring Alliance Toward Embodied Virtual Therapists in the Era of Automated Treatments With the Virtual Therapist Alliance Scale (VTAS): Development and Psychometric Evaluation

Authors of this article:

Alexander Miloff1 Author Orcid Image ;   Per Carlbring1 Author Orcid Image ;   William Hamilton2 Author Orcid Image ;   Gerhard Andersson3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Lena Reuterskiöld4 Author Orcid Image ;   Philip Lindner1, 4 Author Orcid Image
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