Alexithymia and therapist reactions to the patient: Expression of positive emotion as a mediator

Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-265

  Ogrodniczuk, John S ^a   Piper, William E ^a   Joyce, Anthony S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GRIEF; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THINKING; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXPRESSED EMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 55249119318     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2008.71.3.257     Document Type: Article

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