The Delusions-Symptoms-States Inventory (DSSI): Construction, applications and structural analyses

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 397-424

  Bedford, A ^a,b   Deary, I J ^c  

^a York Clinical Psychology Services   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001492253     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00118-4     Document Type: Article

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