An accumulation of negative life events and the construction of alexithymia: A longitudinal and clinical approach

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-206

  De Tychey, Claude ^a,b   Garnier, Salomé ^a   Lighezzolo Alnot, Joëlle ^a   Claudon, Philippe ^a   Rebourg Roesler, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RORSCHACH TEST; THINKING;

EID: 77951445437     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891003670125     Document Type: Article

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