Continuity and change: The dreams of women throughout adulthood

Dreaming

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-199

  Côté, Lucie ^a   Lortie Lussier, Monique ^a,b   Roy, Marie Josée ^a   De Koninck, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dream content; Social roles; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043248494     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0094454     Document Type: Article

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