Interpersonal guilt: The development of a new measure

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-89

  O'Connor, Lynn E ^a,c   Berry, Jack W ^a   Weiss, Joseph ^b,c   Bush, Marshall ^d   Sampson, Harold ^b,c  

^a WRIGHT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c S Francisco Psychother Res Group   (United States)

^d Faculty at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis and Faculty at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHAME; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031032397     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199701)53:1<73::AID-JCLP10>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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