TAT assessment of object relations: Implications for child abuse

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-15

  Ornduff, Sidney R ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAULT; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; MORALITY; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; VICTIM;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST;

EID: 0031054155     PISSN: 00259284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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