Relation between Alexithymia and the five-factor model of personality: A facet-level analysis

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-358

  Luminet, Olivier ^a   Bagby, R Michael ^b   Wagner, Hugh ^b   Taylor, Graeme J ^b   Parker, James D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; EMOTION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY;

EID: 0033386859     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA7303_4     Document Type: Article

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