Relationships between alexithymia, emotional control, and duality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-80

  Verissimo, Ramiro ^a,c   Mota Cardoso, Rui ^a   Taylor, Graeme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Fac Med do Porto HS João   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Emotional control; Inflammatory bowel disease; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CROHN DISEASE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONTROL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031939592     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012263     Document Type: Article

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