Italian version of the defense style questionnaire

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 483-494

  San Martini, Pietro ^a,b,c   Roma, Paolo ^a,b   Sarti, Sara ^a,b   Lingiardi, Vittorio ^a,b   Bond, Michael ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Dipto Psicol Dinamica Clin Via M   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 7444239846     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.012     Document Type: Article

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