Interpersonal variability in dependent personality

Journal of Personality

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 223-251

  Pincus, Aaron L ^a   Wilson, Kelly R ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0035318153     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00143     Document Type: Article

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