Alexithymia and individual differences in emotional expression

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-95

  Wagner, Hugh ^a   Lee, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Disclosure; Emotion; Nonverbal expression; Verbal expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249109754     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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