Assessing reliability and validity of the Farsi version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale in a sample of substance-using patients

Psychological Reports

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 259-270

  Besharat, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; IRAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; IRAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 42349086985     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.102.1.259-270     Document Type: Article

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