Brazilian-Portuguese version of defensive style questionnaire-40 for the assessment of defense mechanisms: Construct validity study

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-270

  Blaya, Carolina ^a   Dornelles, Marina ^a   Blaya, Rodrigo ^a   Kipper, Letícia ^a   Heldt, Elizeth ^a   Isolan, Luciano ^a   Manfro, Gisele Gus ^a   Bond, Michael ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 34047200158     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300500485581     Document Type: Article

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