Tolerance of ambiguity as a content specific construct

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 741-750

  Durrheim, Kevin ^a   Foster, Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 0031138637     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00207-3     Document Type: Article

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