Alexithymic characteristics in responses to the synthetic House-Tree-Person (HTP) drawing test

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART I, 1997, Pages 939-942

  Fukunishi, Isao ^a   Mikami, Naoko ^a   Kikuchi, Michiko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0031437488     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.3.939     Document Type: Article

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