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Original Article

The Reliability and Construct Validity of Two Measures of Addictive Personality

David Patton School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 2Y2, Canada
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Gordon E. Barnes School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 2Y2, Canada
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Robert P. Murray Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Pages 999-1014 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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