The development and application of a questionnaire to assess the changing personalities of substance addicts during the first year of recovery

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-262

  Sutherland, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030998623     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199704)53:3<253::AID-JCLP9>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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