Hope and Dysphoria: The Moderating Role of Defense Mechanisms

Journal of Personality

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-223

  Kwon, Paul ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0346856890     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00095     Document Type: Article

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