Defenses, Personality Structure, and Development: Integrating Psychodynamic Theory into a Typological Approach to Personality

Journal of Personality

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1061-1080

  Weinberger, Daniel A ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PO Box 22807   (United States)

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EID: 0032262286     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00042     Document Type: Article

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