Priming the primal scene: Betrayal trauma, narcissism, and attitudes toward sexual infidelity

Self and Identity

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 278-294

  Hunyady, Orsolya ^a,b   Josephs, Lawrence ^a   Jost, John T ^c  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAM ALANSON WHITE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infidelity; Narcissism; Oedipal conflicts; Priming; Psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149108558     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860701620227     Document Type: Article

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