Alexithymia, Memory of Emotion, Emotional Awareness, and Perfectionism

Emotion

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 361-379

  Lundh, Lars Gunnar ^a   Johnsson, Anders ^a   Sundqvist, Karin ^a   Olsson, Helen ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECALL; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0142124899     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.2.4.361     Document Type: Article

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