Social problem solving and health

Biennial Review of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 295-314

  Elliott, Timothy R ^a,b   Hurst, Morgan ^b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 84909142538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203927519     Document Type: Chapter

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