Focus Group Research: An Intentional Strategy for Applied Group Research?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal for Specialists in Group Work
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0193-3922,1549-6295
DOI: 10.1080/01933922.2019.1603741