Modes of tension work within the complex self

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-113

  Abbey, Emily ^a   Falmagne, Rachel Joffe ^b  

^a RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Contradiction; Dialectic; Mind; Self; Tension work

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949130549     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: 14617056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X07082749     Document Type: Article

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