The imposter phenomenon and maladaptive personality: Type and trait charactersitics

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 477-484

  Ross, S R ^a   Krukowski, R A ^a  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; DSM III R; Imposter; Personality disorder; Schedule for Adaptive and Nonadaptive Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037293821     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00067-3     Document Type: Article

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