Health and Adaptation in a Multiple Self: The Role of Absence of Dialogue and Poor Metacognition in Clinical Populations

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 379-399

  Dimaggio, Giancarlo ^a   Hermans, Hubert J m ^b   Lysaker, Paul H ^c  

^a Terzo Centro di Psicoterapia Cognitiva   (Italy)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dialogical self; metacognition; personality disorders schizophrenia; self multiplicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953858347     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354310363319     Document Type: Article

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