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This chapter has been written with both clinicians and reseachers in mind. Regarding the former, we believe that it is important for the practicing clinician or clinical student to know what conclusions safely can be drawn from existing research on marital and family therapy and to know which areas are still speculative as far as research evidence is concerned. We also will raise a number of design issues in the belief that clinicians need to be sophisticated consumers of journal articles and research. Finally, we recognize that nonresearchers are often in a position to have an important influence on future research.
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Todd, T.C., Stanton, M.D. (1983). Research on Marital and Family Therapy. In: Wolman, B.B., Stricker, G., Framo, J., Newirth, J.W., Rosenbaum, M., Young, H.H. (eds) Handbook of Family and Marital Therapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4442-1_6
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