Current Concepts of Positive Mental Health

P. M. Sister Marie Agnes of Rome; Marie Jahoda; Rashi Fien

doi:10.2307/3709002

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Year: 1959
Type: article
Volume: 20
Issue: 2
Pages: 173-173
Citations: 296
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                                    P. M. Sister Marie Agnes of Rome, 
                                
                                    Marie Jahoda, 
                                
                                    Rashi Fien
                                
                            (1959). 
                            Current Concepts of Positive Mental Health. 
                            The American Catholic Sociological Review
                            , 20
                            (2)
                            , 173-173.
                            https://doi.org/10.2307/3709002

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DOI: 10.2307/3709002