"Impressive?" Credentials, family photographs, and the perception of therapist qualities

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-512

  Devlin, Ann Sloan ^a   Donovan, Sarah ^a   Nicolov, Arianne ^a   Nold, Olivia ^a   Packard, Andrea ^a   Zandan, Gabrielle ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Office environment; Soft architecture; Status; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549101147     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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