Alexithymia and insomnia

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1615-1624

  Lundh, Lars Gunnar ^a   Broman, Jan Erik ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Depression; Insomnia; Perfectionism; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646131188     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.11.026     Document Type: Article

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