A twin study of alexithymia

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 239-246

  Valera, Eve M ^a,b   Berenbaum, Howard ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Extraversion; Genetics; Neuroticism; Shared environment; Trait affectivity; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRAVERSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISEASES IN TWINS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034880268     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056261     Document Type: Article

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