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Solano, L., Bonadies, M., Trani, M.D. (2008). Writing for All, for Some, or for No One? Some Thoughts on the Applications and Evaluations of the Writing Technique. In: Vingerhoets, A.J., Nyklíček, I., Denollet, J. (eds) Emotion Regulation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-29986-0_15
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