Alexithymia, somatization and negative affect in a community sample

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-20

  Bailey, Phoebe E ^a   Henry, Julie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Emotion; Somatic complaints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOMATIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AWARENESS; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33847152576     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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