Measuring reflective function with a multidimensional rating scale: Comparison with scoring reflective function on the Aai

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 208-213

  Meehan, Kevin B ^a   Levy, Kenneth N ^b   Reynoso, Joseph S ^c   Hill, Lindsay L ^d   Clarkin, John F ^e  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549150454     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00030651090570011008     Document Type: Article

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