Attribution of cause by patients with depression, anxiety, and alexithymia

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 259-263

  Wise, Thomas N ^a,b   Kheriaty, Aaron D ^a   Sheridan, Michael J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AWARENESS; CAUSALITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 2342508436     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.1.259-263     Document Type: Article

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