Changes in defensive functioning in completed psychoanalyses: The Penn psychoanalytic treatment collection

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 399-415

  Roy, Carmella A ^a   Perry, J Christopher ^a   Luborsky, Lester ^b   Banon, Elisabeth ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67650869980     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003065109333357     Document Type: Article

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