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Initial Evidence for a Brief Measure of Buddhist Coping in the United States

Russell E. Phillips IIIDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of Pittsburgh at GreensburgCorrespondence[email protected]
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Clara M. ChengDepartment of PsychologyCarlow University
&
Carmen Oemig-DworskyClinical Psychology, Bowling Green State University
Pages 215-227 | Published online: 10 Jun 2014

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