Types of dissociation and dissociative types: A taxometric analysis of dissociative experiences

Psychological Methods

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 300-321

  Waller, Niels G ^a   Putnam, Frank W ^b   Carlson, Eve B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0000980441     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.1.3.300     Document Type: Article

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