Poor cognitive-emotional processing may impede the outcome of emotional disclosure interventions

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-52

  Van Middendorp, Henriët ^a   Geenen, Rinie ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 39649088044     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910707X251199     Document Type: Article

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