Self-structure and childhood maltreatment: Successful compartmentalization and the struggle of integration

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 473-507

  Showers, Carolin J ^a   Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a,b   Limke, Alicia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c Oklahoma State Department of Education   (United States)

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EID: 33744956327     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: 07367236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2006.25.5.473     Document Type: Article

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