Alexithymia in parents of daughters with eating disorders: Its relationships with psychopathological and personality variables

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 553-560

  Espina, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Eating disorders; Parents; Personality; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BULIMIA; CHARACTER DISORDER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL INSTABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 1042289462     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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