Social Cognition, Psychological Symptoms, and Mental Health: The Model, Evidence, and Contribution of Ego Development

Developmental Psychopathology: Second Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 750-794

  Noam, Gil G ^a   Young, Copeland H ^b   Jilnina, Janna ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Cognitive developmental personality paradigm; Conduct disorder; Delinquency; Ego development; Mental health; Mood disorders; Psychological symptoms; Psychopathology; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986576797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470939383.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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