Empirical foundations

Using Homework Assignments in Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 29-49

  Kazantzis, Nikolaos ^a   Deane, Frank P ^b   Ronan, Kevin R ^c   Lampropoulos, Georgios K ^d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b University of Wollon gong   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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