Expressive writing and the role of alexythimia as a dispositional deficit in self-disclosure and psychological health

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 630-641

  Páez, Darío ^a   Velasco, Carmen ^a   González, José Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0033193442     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.3.630     Document Type: Article

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