Defense mechanisms and object relations as factors in marital satisfaction

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 305-312

  Grimm, Donald W ^a   Brannon, Robert ^b   Juni, Samuel ^c  

^a Fed Employment and Guid Services   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense mechanisms; Marital satisfaction; Object relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031512772     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026179421543     Document Type: Article

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