Clinician Optimism: Development and Psychometric Analysis of a Scale for Mental Health Clinicians

Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-20

  Byrne, Mitchell K ^a   Sullivan, Nichole L ^a   Elsom, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77952034304     PISSN: 13238922     EISSN: 18386059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/jrc.12.1.11     Document Type: Article

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