Mature Ego Development: A Gateway to Ego Transcendence?

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 227-240

  Cook Greuter, Susanne R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Different models of human development; Ego development; Levels of mind; Modes of processing; Unitive ego stage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034556082     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009511411421     Document Type: Article

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