What does the Toronto alexithymia scale TAS-R measure?

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 423-429

  Rief, Winfried ^a   Heuser, Jörg ^b   Fichter, Manfred M ^b  

^a Klinik Roseneck   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0030037010     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199607)52:4<423::AID-JCLP6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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