The ego impairment index and the reality-fantasy scale: Comment on Viglione, Perry, and Meyer (2003)

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-317

  Tibon, Shira ^a,c   Porcelli, Piero ^b   Weinberger, Yifat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Psychosomatic Unit   (Italy)

^c ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EGO; EGO IMPAIRMENT INDEX; FANTASY; HUMAN; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NOTE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REALITY FANTASY SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; THOUGHT DISORDER;

EID: 19444363416     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8403_10     Document Type: Note

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