Distinctions of Unmitigated Communion from Communion: Self-Neglect and Overinvolvement with Others

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-140

  Fritz, Heidi L ^a   Helgeson, Vicki S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032113107     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.1.121     Document Type: Article

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