Is there any empirical support for bowen’s concepts of differentiation of self, triangulation, and fusion?

American Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 279-292

  Charles, Richard ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; SELF CONCEPT; THEORY;

EID: 0034810916     PISSN: 01926187     EISSN: 15210383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926180126498     Document Type: Article

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