Adolescent dissociation and alexithymia are distinctive but overlapping phenomena

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-44

  Tolmunen, Tommi ^a   Honkalampi, Kirsi ^a   Hintikka, Jukka ^b   Rissanen, Marja Liisa ^a   Maaranen, Päivi ^a   Kylmä, Jari ^c   Laukkanen, Eila ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

A DES; Adolescence; Depression; Factor analysis; TAS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 76549105135     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.029     Document Type: Article

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