Research perspectives on the case study: Single-case method

Relatedness, Self-Definition and Mental Representation

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 222-237

  Messer, Stanley B ^a   McCann, Laura ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203337318     Document Type: Chapter

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