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Insomnia: A comparison of the effects of pill attributions and nonpejorative self-attributions

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, 66045, Lawrence, Kansas, USA

    Carol R. Lowery, Douglas R. Denney & Michael D. Storms

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This study was funded by a Kansas University General Research Grant awarded to the second author. The authors acknowledge the helpful assistance of Patricia Davies in conducting this study.

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Lowery, C.R., Denney, D.R. & Storms, M.D. Insomnia: A comparison of the effects of pill attributions and nonpejorative self-attributions. Cogn Ther Res 3, 161–164 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01172602

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