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VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1 PSYCHNEWS INTERNATIONAL July 2000
-- AN ONLINE PUBLICATION --
ISSN 1366-9869
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section A: INDEX AND PSYCHNEWS INFORMATION
Section B: GUEST EDITORIAL
"Just as Long as They Spell my Number Right"
by Joseph E. Trimble
Section C: ARTICLE
"Data Quality in Electronic Interviews"
by Kersten Vogt
Section D: ARTICLE
"The Language Model of Personality and
Its Perspectives within Psychology"
by Sergey V. Golubkov
Section E: THE FIFTH COLUMN
"Reflections on Giving Birth and All That"
by Arnold S. Trebach
Section F: DISCUSSION CORNER
"Addictive Behavior"
by Fred Cutter
Section G: ANNOUNCEMENTS
Section H: EVENTS
by Myron Pulier
Section I: LETTER SECTION
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PSYCHNEWS INTERNATIONAL
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Managing Editor: Don Corriveau
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Resource Update: N.N.
News: Don Corriveau
Events: Myron Pulier
Fifth Column: Jeffrey Schaler
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Editor: Martin Briscoe
Associate Editors: Ivan Goldberg, John Grohol
Editorial Consultants: Leon Pereira, Ian Pitchford, Joe Plaud
Proofreader/Writer: Anne Dietrich
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