Associations between dimensions of alexithymia and psychometric schizotypy in nonclinical participants

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 927-930

  Larøi, Frank ^a   Van Der Linden, Martial ^a,b   Aleman, André ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Delusions; Emotionalizing; Fantasizing; Hallucinations; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; FANTASY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; VERBALIZATION; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELUSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELUSIONS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149218726     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31818eeca4     Document Type: Article

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