Attributions about the causes and consequences of cataclysmic events

Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-24

  Yates, Suzanne ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 33749125033     PISSN: 10811443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10811449808414428     Document Type: Article

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