Alexithymia and grief reactions in bereaved Japanese women

Death Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 423-433

  Nakao, Mutsuhiro ^a,b   Kashiwagi, Masayo ^c   Yano, Eiji ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japanese Nursing Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; JAPAN; MOOD; OUTPATIENT; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; SPOUSE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; JAPAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 20044363291     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180590932535     Document Type: Article

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