Parents of disabled children: Personality traits

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 581-592

  Veisson, Marika ^a  

^a TALLINN PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

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EID: 24044496287     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2001.29.6.581     Document Type: Article

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