Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 483-494 , November 2004

Italian version of the defense style questionnaire

  • Pietro San Martini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
    • McGill University and Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Pietro San Martini, Dipartimento di Psicologia Dinamica e Clinica Via dei Marsi, 78, 00185 Roma, Italy
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  • Paolo Roma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
    • McGill University and Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • Sara Sarti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
    • McGill University and Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • Vittorio Lingiardi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
    • McGill University and Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael Bond

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
    • McGill University and Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada

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PII: S0010-440X(04)00092-6

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.012

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 483-494 , November 2004

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