Psychometric characteristics of the self-expression and control scale in a sample of recurrent suicide attempters

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 489-496

  Van Elderen, Thérèse ^a   Verkes, Robbert J ^b   Arkesteijn, Judith ^b   Komproe, Ivan ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030269202     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(96)00096-7     Document Type: Article

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