Creativity and ego defense mechanisms: Some exploratory empirical evidence

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-25

  Domino, George ^a,b   Short, Jeffrey ^a   Evans, Anna ^a   Romano, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 2942684723     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326934CRJ1401_2     Document Type: Article

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