How gambling saved me from a misspent sabbatical

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1977, Pages 19-34

  Kusyszyn, Igor ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84925906811     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: 1552650X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002216787701700303     Document Type: Article

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