Positive Psychology: Considerations and Implications for Counseling Psychology

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 304-312

  Mollen, Debra ^a   Ethington, Lanaya L ^b   Ridley, Charles R ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 32944466635     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000005283522     Document Type: Article

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