Combat-related trauma as measured by ego developmental indices of defenses and identity achievement

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-179

  Silverstein, Rebecca ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGO; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VETERAN; WAR;

DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EGO; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 0030161134     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221325.1996.9914855     Document Type: Article

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