Quantitative Research On the Primary Process: Method and Findings

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 457-482

  Holt, Robert R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; THINKING;

DEFENSE MECHANISMS; HUMANS; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

EID: 0036514756     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00030651020500021501     Document Type: Article

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