Eysenckian personality dimensions and alexithymia: Examining the overlap in terms of perceived autonomic arousal

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 499-504

  Pandey, Rakesh ^a   Mandal, Manas K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 0030117594     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(95)00214-6     Document Type: Article

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