"Why won't my parents help me?": Therapeutic assessment of a child and her family

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-120

  Hamilton, Amy M ^a   Fowler, Johnathan L ^a   Hersh, Brooke ^a   Austin, Cynthia A ^a   Finn, Stephen E ^b   Tharinger, Deborah J ^a   Parton, Victoria ^a   Stahl, Katharine ^a   Arora, Prerna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Center for Therapeutic Assessment   (United States)

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EID: 61649127821     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890802633995     Document Type: Article

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