Students who self-harm: Coping style, rumination and alexithymia

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-372

  Borrill, J ^a   Fox, P ^b   Flynn, M ^a   Roger, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Coping style; Rumination; Self harm; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849099748     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: 14693674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515070903334607     Document Type: Article

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