An abbreviated form of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA)

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1125-1131

  Cramer, Kenneth M ^a   Ofosu, Helen B ^a   Barry, Joanne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 0034196555     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00162-2     Document Type: Article

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