The prevalence of alexithymia and its relationship with Youth Self-Report problem scales among Finnish adolescents

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-268

  Honkalampi, Kirsi ^a,b   Tolmunen, Tommi ^a   Hintikka, Jukka ^c   Rissanen, Marja Liisa ^a   Kylmä, Jari ^d   Laukkanen, Eila ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Kuopio Psychiatric Center   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 64149112976     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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