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Theses & Dissertations

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Thesis/Dissertation (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global)

Author, A. A. (YYYY). Title: Subtitle (Publication No. #)[Doctoral dissertation/Masters thesis, Name of Instition]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. 

Gant, K. (2014). The nature and experience of anxiety in bipolar disorder (Publication No. 11003799) [Doctoral dissertation, Lancaster University]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. 
Thesis/Dissertation (Online)

Author, A. A. (YYYY). Title: Subtitle (Publication No. #) [Doctoral dissertation/Masters thesis, Name of Institution]. Name of archive or site. URL

Kferer, M.L. (2018). An analysis of the relationship between humor styles and depression [Masters thesis, Western University]. Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5687/

 

Thesis/Dissertation (Unpublished) Author, A.A. (YYYY). Title: Subtitle [Unpublished doctoral dissertation/Unpublished masters thesis]. Name of Institution.  Hollander, L. (2019). An examination of the mother-infant bond after postpartum depression [unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Concordia University, 

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