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Original Articles

Mental Health Mobile Apps’ Instruction: Technology Adoption Theories Applied in a Mixed Methods Study of Counseling Faculty

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Pages 301-325 | Received 20 May 2016, Accepted 05 Sep 2016, Published online: 21 Oct 2016

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