Alexithymia, empathic concern, goal management, and social problem solving in adult male prisoners

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 697-709

  Christopher, Gary ^a   McMurran, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Empathic concern; Goals; Offenders; Social problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949124237     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160802516240     Document Type: Article

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