Content Stability in the Repertory Grid: An Examination Using a Forensic Sample

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-31

  Horley, James ^a  

^a Millbrook Correctional Centre   (Canada)

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EID: 0002452912     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X96401004     Document Type: Article

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