The perception of personal control: Sufficiently important to warrant careful scrutiny

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 152-156

  Tennen, Howard ^a   Affleck, Glenn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034346215     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167200264003     Document Type: Article

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