The Relationship between Alexithymia and Dissociation in an Adolescent Sample

Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulteni

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 167-173

  Sayar, Kemal ^a   Kose, Samet ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alexithymia; Dissociation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCE SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PUNISHMENT; RATING SCALE; ROSENBERG SELF ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

EID: 0842285888     PISSN: 10177833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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