THE PHENOMENA AND DYNAMISM OF MAGICAL THINKING: DEVELOPING A MAGICAL THINKING SCALE
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عنوان ژورنال: PSYCHOLOGIA
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0033-2852,1347-5916
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2013.179