Exploring the Role of Expectancies in the Mental and Physical Health Outcomes of Written Self-Disclosure

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-115

  Patterson, Candace L ^a   Singer, Jefferson A ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

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EID: 85014854575     PISSN: 02762366     EISSN: 15414477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IC.27.2.b     Document Type: Article

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