Criterion validity of Bermond-vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire-20 Form B: A study of 63 alcoholic subjects

Psychological Reports

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 234-236

  Sauvage, Laure ^a   Loas, Gwenolé ^a,b  

^a University Department of Psychiatry   (France)

^b Service Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646911138     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.98.1.234-236     Document Type: Article

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