A critical review of the validity of ego development theory and its measurement

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 541-567

  Manners, J ^a   Durkin, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035671837     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa7703_12     Document Type: Article

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