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Cultural differences in shame-focused attitudes towards mental health problems in Asian and Non-Asian student women

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Pages 127-141 | Published online: 14 Feb 2007

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Yasuhiro Kotera, Pauline Green & David Sheffield. (2021) Mental health of therapeutic students: relationships with attitudes, self-criticism, self-compassion, and caregiver identity. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling 49:5, pages 701-712.
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