Alexithymia in chronic fatigue syndrome: Associations with momentary, recall, and retrospective measures of somatic complaints and emotions

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-60

  Friedberg, Fred ^a   Quick, Joyce ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Ecological momentary assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY SHORT FORM; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SEVERITY SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECALL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMATIZATION; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33846479378     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31802b873e     Document Type: Article

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