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  1. Department of School Psychology and Development in Context, KU Leuven – University of Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, Box 3715, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Luc Goossens, Marlies Maes, Sofie Danneel, Janne Vanhalst & Stefanie A. Nelemans

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Goossens, L., Maes, M., Danneel, S., Vanhalst, J., Nelemans, S.A. (2017). Differential Loneliness Scale. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_23-1

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