Assessment of playfulness: Hermann Rorschach meets D. W. Winnicott

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 208-217

  Handler, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PLAY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032983735     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JP720205     Document Type: Review

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