Alexithymia and interpersonal problems: A study of natural language use

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 990-995

  Meganck, Reitske ^a   Vanheule, Stijn ^a   Inslegers, Ruth ^a   Desmet, Mattias ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Interpersonal problems; TAS 20; TSIA

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849093362     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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