College maladjustment may be related to alexithymia constructs with weakness of ego strength

Psychological Reports

Volumn 78, Issue 3 PART 1, 1996, Pages 735-738

  Fukunishi, Isao ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EGO; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MMPI; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 0030167355     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.78.3.735     Document Type: Article

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