The differential relationships of shame-proneness and Guilt-proneness to psychological and somatization symptoms

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 688-704

  Pineles, Suzanne L ^a,b   Street, Amy E ^a   Koenen, Karestan C ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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EID: 33745766455     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: 07367236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2006.25.6.688     Document Type: Review

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