Psychology and the search for certainty in everyday life

2013-01-01
Onaylı, Selin
Barutçu Yıldırım, Kadriye Funda
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S. Onaylı and K. F. Barutçu Yıldırım, Psychology and the search for certainty in everyday life. 2013.
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