Alexithymia increases the discordance between implicit and explicit self-esteem

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 762-767

  Dentale, Francesco ^a   San Martini, Pietro ^a   De Coro, Alessandra ^a   Di Pomponio, Ileana ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; IAT; Implicit measures; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955919716     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.022     Document Type: Article

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