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Daniel P. Mueller, Daniel W. Edwards, Richard M. Yarvis, Stressful Life Events and Psychiatric Symptomatology: Change or Undesirability?, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Sep., 1977), pp. 307-317
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