Reliability and validity of the Social Cognition And Object Relations Scale (SCORS) in the assessment of dream narratives

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-333

  Eudell Simmons, Erin M ^a,c   Stein, Michelle B ^b   DeFife, Jared A ^b   Hilsenroth, Mark J ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US Naval Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; DREAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COGNITION AND OBJECT RELATIONS SCALE; TERRORISM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 28444461410     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8503_09     Document Type: Article

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