The ego revisited

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 370-381

  Lettieri, Richard ^a,b,c  

^a Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute   (United States)

^b Newport Psychoanalytic Institute   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict theory; Ego; Neutrality; Psychoanalysis; Structural theory

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CONFLICT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGO; EVOLUTION; FANTASY; HUMAN; METAPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 24144433813     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0736-9735.22.3.370     Document Type: Review

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