Alexithymia and temperament and character model of personality in alcohol-dependent Turkish men

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-378

  Evren, Cuneyt ^a,e   Kose, Samet ^b   Sayar, Kemal ^a   Ozcelik, Basak ^a   Borckardt, Jeffrey P ^b   Elhai, Jon D ^c   Cloninger, C Robert ^d  

^a Bakirkoy State Hospital for Mental Health and Neurological Disorders   (Turkey)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Alcohol and Drug Research Treatment and Training Center (AMATEM)   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Character; Personality; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SELF TRANSCENDENCE; TEMPERAMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ALCOHOLISM; CHARACTER; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT; TURKEY;

EID: 48549105827     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01829.x     Document Type: Article

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