The reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS-J)

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Igarashi, Tetsuya ^a   Komaki, Gen ^a   Lane, Richard D ^b   Moriguchi, Yoshiya ^a   Nishimura, Hiroki ^a   Arakawa, Hiromi ^a   Gondo, Motoharu ^a   Terasawa, Yuri ^c   Sullivan, Corbet V ^d   Maeda, Motonari ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Joshibi University of Art and Design ^*  (Japan)

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EID: 79251573230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-5-2     Document Type: Article

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