The "all-but-the-dissertation" student and the psychology of the doctoral dissertation

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 74-85

  Blum, Lawrence D ^a  

^a Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Abd; Development; Dissertation; Dissertation completion; Graduate student; Psychoanalytic psychotherapy; Psychodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951469891     PISSN: 87568225     EISSN: 15404730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87568220903558554     Document Type: Article

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