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Bland, A.M., DeRobertis, E.M. (2019). Humanistic Perspective. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1484-2

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    Humanistic Perspective
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1484-2

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    Humanistic Perspective
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1484-1