Expectations about the short-term functional role played by defensive behavior in interpersonal interactions

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1015-1037

  Westerman, Michael A ^a   Prieto, Denise M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense; Functionalist models; Interpersonal behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751223530     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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