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Expanded version of Invited address to Division 27, Division of Community Psychology, of the American Psychological Association, New York, August 30, 1987.

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Klein, D.C. The power of appreciation. Am J Commun Psychol 16, 305–324 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00919373

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