Detecting violent aggressive behavior among male prisoners through the machover draw-a-person test

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-177

  Lev Wiesel, Rachel ^a   Hershkovitz, Dan ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034348336     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4556(99)00048-9     Document Type: Article

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