Alexithymia and anxiety: Compounded relationships? A psychometric study

European Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 372-378

  Berthoz, S ^a   Consoli, S ^b   Perez Diaz, F ^a   Jouvent, R ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Depression; Multidimensionality; Scales; State anxiety; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY;

EID: 0032755691     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(99)00233-3     Document Type: Article

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