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Author of thesis - surname and initials Year of preparation of thesis, 'Title of thesis - in single quotation marks', Award, Institution under whose auspices the study was taken.

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Byrne (1996) examines the concept of self-talk in relation to test anxiety.

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Byrne, M 1996, Self-talk and test anxiety, PhD thesis, Monash University, Melbourne.

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Kurz (2003) conducted two field experiments aimed at applying a social-ecological framework to the promotion of water and energy consumption.

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Kurtz, T 2003, A psychology of environmentally sustainable behavior, PhD thesis, Murdoch University, Perth, viewed 11 October 2004, <http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20040428.152013>

 

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