Development and validation of a revised measure of Adlerian social interest

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-450

  Leak, Gary K ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adler; Life tasks; SII; Social interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646703052     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.4.443     Document Type: Article

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