Personality prototypes and ego development: Conceptual similarities and relations in adult women

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1093-1108

  John, Oliver P ^a   Pals, Jennifer L ^a   Westenberg, P Michiel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EGO; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; INDIVIDUALITY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 0032040254     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.4.1093     Document Type: Article

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