Two facets of non-expression of emotions: Relationship between dimensions of alexithymia and the repressive coping style

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1337-1347

  Mueller, Jochen ^a   Buehner, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; BVAQ; Relationship; Repressive coping; TAS 20

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748435466     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.04.023     Document Type: Article

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