Assessing the Clinical or Applied Importance of Behavior Change through Social Validation

Behavior Modification

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 427-452

  Kazdin, Alan E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84965846992     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014544557714001     Document Type: Article

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