Alexithymia and physical health problems: A critique of potential pathways and a research agenda

Emotion Regulation: Conceptual and Clinical Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 43-68

  Lumley, Mark A ^a   Beyer, Jonathan ^a   Radcliffe, Alison ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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