Adult attachment, alexithymia, symptom reporting, and health-related coping

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-347

  Wearden, Alison ^a   Cook, Lucy ^a   Vaughan Jones, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Attachment; Coping; Negative affectivity; Symptom reporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 1542674206     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00635-9     Document Type: Article

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