Future directions for the thematic apperception test

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-92

  Cramer, Phebe ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032929111     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa7201_5     Document Type: Article

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