Self-Lines: A new, psychometrically sound, 'user-friendly' idiographic technique for assessing self-discrepancies

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-84

  Francis, Jillian J ^a,c   Boldero, Jennifer M ^b   Sambell, Natalie L ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Emotion; Idiographic measurement; Self; Self discrepancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748336253     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-006-9009-x     Document Type: Article

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