Alexithymia is associated with a low self-estimatedaffective intensity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-133

  Jacob, Stéphane ^a   Hautekeete, Marc ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Affective intensity; Agreeableness; Alexithymia; Arousal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040038115     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00232-3     Document Type: Article

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