Psychometric qualities of the ucla loneliness scale-version 3 as applied in a turkish culture

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 988-1007

  Durak, Mithat ^a   Senol Durak, Emre ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 77956531107     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601271003756628     Document Type: Article

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