Alexithymia and Its relationships with dissociative experiences, body dissatisfaction and eating disturbances in a non-clinical female sample

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 471-479

  De Berardis, Domenico ^a,b   Serroni, Nicola ^b   Campanella, Daniela ^a,b   Carano, Alessandro ^a,b   Gambi, Francesco ^a   Valchera, Alessandro ^c   Conti, Chiara ^a   Sepede, Gianna ^a   Caltabiano, Mario ^b   Pizzorno, Anna Maria ^b   Cotellessa, Carla ^a   Salerno, Rosa Maria ^a   Ferro, Filippo Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Department of Mental Health ^*  (Italy)

^c San Giuseppe Clinic   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Body dissatisfaction; Dissociative experiences; Eating disorder; Non clinical sample; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCES SCALE; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER INVENTORY 2; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SAMPLE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

EID: 69549114459     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-009-9247-9     Document Type: Article

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