The Turkish short version of the social and emotional loneliness scale for adults (selsa-s): Initial development and validation

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 717-734

  Rezan Cecen A ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Loneliness; Reliability; SELSA S; Test adaptation; Turkish; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948868883     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.6.717     Document Type: Article

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