Developmental aspects of psychological defenses: Their relation to self-complexity, self-perception, and symptomatology in adolescents

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 237-254

  Evans, David W ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Defense Mechanisms; Self Complexity; Self Concept; Self Perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033942370     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:chud.0000037152.88369.3a     Document Type: Article

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