Why did it happen to me? Social cognition processes in adjustment and recovery from criminal victimisation and illness

Current Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-31

  Macleod, Malcolm D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 22444452864     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-999-1014-2     Document Type: Article

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