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Attitude Change and Cognitive Therapy

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In recent years the significance of attitude change in the broadest sense of the term has been increasingly referred to in the psychotherapeutic literature as an important component of every psychotherapeutic process.

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Hoffmann, N. (1984). Attitude Change and Cognitive Therapy. In: Hoffman, N. (eds) Foundations of Cognitive Therapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2641-0_3

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