Alexithymia: Its prevalence and correlates in a British undergraduate sample

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-125

  Mason, Oliver ^a   Tyson, M ^b   Jones, C ^c   Potts, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Stratford upon Avon Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCE SCALE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; PARENTAL BONDING INSTRUMENT; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE 20; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 16344385437     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608304X21374     Document Type: Article

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