Alexithymia, human relationships, and mobile phone use

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 722-727

  Mattila, Aino K ^a,b   Luutonen, Sinikka ^c,d   Ylinen, Mikko ^a   Salokangas, Raimo K R ^c,d   Joukamaa, Matti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d Turku Psychiatric Clinic   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; interpersonal relationships; mobile phone use; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MANIA; MOBILE PHONE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FINLAND; FRIEND; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; CELLULAR PHONE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958159116     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181f4ab50     Document Type: Article

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