Validity of a Brief Interview for Assessing Reflective Function

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 577-589

  Rutimann, Daniel D ^a   Meehan, Kevin B ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORY OF MIND; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84863006433     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003065112445616     Document Type: Article

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