Alexithymia and sociocultural factors in a Japanese sample: A study with the Rorschach

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 205-211

  Akimoto, Michiko ^a   Fukunishi, Isao ^b   Baba, Takanobu ^b   Matsumori, Motoko ^b   Iwai, Masaya ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRESSION; RORSCHACH TEST; STUDENTS;

EID: 0036484537     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.1.205     Document Type: Article

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