Personality expectations and perceptions of roman catholic clergy members

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 301-315

  Plante, Thomas G ^a,b   Boccaccini, Marcus T ^a,b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 33751237824     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02282658     Document Type: Article

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