Ego functions and ego development: Defense mechanisms and intelligence as predictors of ego level

Journal of Personality

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 735-760

  Cramer, Phebe ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL; EGO; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROJECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 85045782172     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00071     Document Type: Article

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