Development of a fear-of-change scale for the psychological inventory of criminal thinking styles (PICTS)

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Walters, Glenn D ^a  

^a FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Existential; Fear; Offenders; PICTS; Psychological assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009785926     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v34n01_01     Document Type: Article

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