A Longitudinal Investigation of Object Relations: Child-Rearing Antecedents, Stability in Adulthood, and Construct Validation

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-188

  Bram, Anthony D ^a   Gallant, Sheryle J ^a   Segrin, Chris ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Child rearing; Interpersonal functioning; Longitudinal analysis; Object relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041993602     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jrpe.1998.2234     Document Type: Article

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