Alexithymia, emotional instability, and vulnerability to stress proneness in patients seeking help for hypersexual behavior

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-149

  Reid, Rory C ^a   Carpenter, Bruce N ^a   Spackman, Matthew ^a   Willes, Debbie L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38549122396     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: 15210715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230701636197     Document Type: Article

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