New strategies in the assessment of psychological factors affecting medical conditions

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 216-228

  Sirri, Laura ^a   Fabbri, Stefania ^a   Fava, Giovanni A ^a   Sonino, Nicoletta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONVERSION SYMPTOM; DEMORALIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PHOBIA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; ILLNESS DENIAL; IRRITABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOMATIZATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THANATOPHOBIA; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; TYPE B BEHAVIOR;

EID: 37249065668     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701629649     Document Type: Review

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