Changes of defensive functioning. Does interpretation contribute to change?

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 288-296

  Hersoug, Anne Grete ^a   Bøgwald, Kjell Petter ^a   Høglend, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 23944514325     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.444     Document Type: Article

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