Dissociation of rated emotional valence and Stroop interference in observer-rated alexithymia

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-269

  Mueller, Jochen ^a   Alpers, Georg W ^a   Reim, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Attentional bias; Emotional Stroop; Interference; OAS; TAS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSERVER BIAS; PREDICTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746330109     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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