Self-ambivalence and attachment to possessions

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 232-242

  Frost, Randy O ^a   Kyrios, Michael ^b   McCarthy, Katherine D ^a   Matthews, Yanique ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attachment; Hoarding; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Self ambivalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE BUYING DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HOARDING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERIALISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; SELF AMBIVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 36649020699     PISSN: 08898391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/088983907781494582     Document Type: Article

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