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  1. City University of New York, Lehman College, New York City, NY, USA

    Danielle Magaldi

  2. Pace University, New York City, NY, USA

    Matthew Berler

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    Patrizia Velotti

  2. Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Patrizia Velotti

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Magaldi, D., Berler, M. (2018). Semi-structured Interviews. 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_857-1

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