Observer-Rated Measures of Defense Mechanisms

Journal of Personality

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 993-1024

  Perry, J Christopher ^a,b   Ianni, Floriana F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0032280160     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00040     Document Type: Article

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