The Pantheoretical Nature Of Mental Representations And Their Ability To Predict Interpersonal Adjustment In A Nonclinical Sample

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-74

  Lukowitsky, Mark R ^a   Pincus, Aaron L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Interpersonal theory; Mental representations; Psychoanalytic theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF QUALITATIVE AND STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS OF OBJECT REPRESENTATIONS; ASSESSMENT OF SELF DESCRIPTIONS; ATTACHMENT THEORY; BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCES IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL THEORY; INVENTORY OF INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS CIRCUMPLEX SCALES; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHIATRIC THEORIES AND SCHOOLS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79952437563     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: 19391331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020849     Document Type: Article

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