Assessing transitional phenomena with the transitional object memory probe

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 455-474

  Fowler, Christopher ^a   Hilsenroth, Mark J ^b   Handler, Leonard ^c  

^a AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEMORY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0031793857     PISSN: 00259284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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