Loneliness, interpersonal distrust, and alexithymia in university students

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1461-1479

  Qualter, Pamela ^a   Quinton, Stephanie J ^b   Wagner, Hugh ^a   Brown, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 66849135098     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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