In defence of the Defence Mechanism Test (DMT) - A reply

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-124

  Kragh, Ulf ^a  

^a NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Defence mechanisms; DMT; Percept genetic methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141990507     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00065     Document Type: Article

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