Assessing ego defense mechanisms by questionnaire: Psychometric properties and psychopathological correlates of the greek version of the Plutchik's life style index

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 605-617

  Hyphantis, Thomas ^a   Goulia, Panagiota ^a   Floros, George D ^b   Iconomou, Gregoris ^c   Pappas, Argiro Irene ^a   Karaivazoglou, Katerina ^c   Assimakopoulos, Konstantinos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGO; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EGO; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855815867     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2011.608759     Document Type: Article

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