Dependency, self-criticism, and maladjustment

Relatedness, Self-Definition and Mental Representation

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 75-90

  Zuroff, David C ^a   Santor, Darcy ^b   Mongrain, Myriam ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33846043509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203337318     Document Type: Chapter

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