Otto Kernberg's Object Relations Theory: A Metapsychological Critique

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 687-711

  Christopher, John Chambers ^a   Bickhard, Mark H ^b   Lambeth, Gregory Scott ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

metapsychology; object relations theory; process ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035623254     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354301115006     Document Type: Article

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