Mental representations in personality development, psychopathology, and the therapeutic process

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 351-374

  Blatt, Sidney J ^a,c   Auerbach, John S ^b   Levy, Kenneth N ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0000055211     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.1.4.351     Document Type: Article

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