Symbiotic Oneness and Defensive Autonomy: Yet Another Experiment Demystifying Silverman's Findings Using "Mommy and I Are One"

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 108-126

  Sohlberg, Staffan ^a   Birgegard, Andreas ^a   Czartoryski, Wanda ^a   Ovefelt, Karin ^a   Strömbom, Ylva ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0039637839     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jrpe.1999.2264     Document Type: Article

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