Self-consciousness and psychological distress: A study using the Greek SCS

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-93

  Panayiotou, Georgia ^a   Kokkinos, Constantinos M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Personality; Psychopathology; Self consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646175793     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.10.025     Document Type: Article

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