Personality and the coherence of psychotherapy narratives

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1179-1198

  Adler, Jonathan M ^a   Wagner, Joshua W ^a   McAdams, Dan P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Ego development; Narrative; Openness; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948972360     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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