Psychodynamic perspectives on small groups

Theories of Small Groups: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 63-98

  McLeod, Poppy Lauretta ^a   Kettner Polley, Richard ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Colorado Technical University ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781483328935.n3     Document Type: Chapter

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