Psychosocial predictors of alexithymia examined over a 12-month period in a non-patient female population

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 133-141

  Posse, M ^a,b   Hallstrom T ^a   Backenroth Ohsako, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anxiety; Depressive symptoms; Longitudinal study; Social disability; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

EID: 11144232329     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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