Relationship between humor appreciation and counselor self-perceptions

Counseling and Values

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-29

  Kush, Joseph C ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1942537496     PISSN: 01607960     EISSN: 2161007X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.1997.tb00950.x     Document Type: Article

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