Associations among alexithymia, positive and negative emotions, and self-defeating personality

Psychological Reports

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 575-584

  Yelsma, Paul ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 34250841732     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.100.2.575-584     Document Type: Article

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