Psychoform and somatoform dissociation, traumatic experiences, and fantasy proneness in somatoform disorders

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-451

  van der Boom, Kees Jan ^a   van den Hout, Marcel A ^b   Huntjens, Rafaele J C ^c  

^a Altrecht Psychosomatic Medicine   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fantasy proneness; Psychoform dissociation; Somatoform disorders; Somatoform dissociation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 73749087507     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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