Psychological Resources Matter, No Matter How You Say it or Frame it

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 736-742

  Scheier, Michael F ^a   Carver, Charles S ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 0030305603     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000096244003     Document Type: Article

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