Development and validation of a sentence completion test measure of defensive responding in military personnel assessed for nonroutine missions

Military Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-298

  Picano, James J ^a   Roland, Robert R ^b   Rollins, Kenneth D ^b   Williams, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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