Predicting psychiatric symptomatology with the Defense Style Questionnaire-40

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 275-287

  Watson, David C ^a  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Defense styles; Health; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036363555     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019930332257     Document Type: Review

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