Unity Versus Multiplicity: A Conceptual Analysis of the Term "Self" and its Use in Personality Theories

Journal of Personality

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-114

  Katzko, Michael W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL; EGO; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; NOMENCLATURE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EGO; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0038161256     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.t01-1-00004     Document Type: Review

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