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Mihura, J.L., Meadows, E.A. (2018). Projective Tests. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_839-1
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