The Relation of Rigidity Across Relationships With Symptoms and Functioning: An Investigation With the Revised Central Relationship Questionnaire

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-358

  McCarthy, Kevin S ^a   Gibbons, Mary Beth Connolly ^a   Barber, Jacques P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

consistency; interpersonal; relationships; rigidity; symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749116824     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012578     Document Type: Article

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