The personal disturbance scale (DSSI/sAD): Development, use and structure

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 493-510

  Bedford, Alan ^a   Deary, Ian J ^b  

^a York Clinical Psychology Services   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031116823     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00242-5     Document Type: Article

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