Taxometric analysis of alexithymia in a general population sample from Finland

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-221

  Mattila, Aino K ^a   Keefer, Kateryna V ^b,c   Taylor, Graeme J ^d,e   Joukamaa, Matti ^a,f   Jula, Antti ^f   Parker, James D A ^c   Bagby, R Michael ^d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Latent structure; TAS 20; Taxometric analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952886311     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.03.038     Document Type: Article

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