Character and Fitness Requirements for Professional Psychologists: Are There Any?

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-53

  Johnson, W Brad ^a   Campbell, Clark D ^b  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042109140     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.33.1.46     Document Type: Article

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