Understanding alexithymia in female adolescents: The role of attachment style

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-102

  Oskis, Andrea ^a   Clow, Angela ^b   Hucklebridge, Frank ^b   Bifulco, Antonia ^c   Jacobs, Catherine ^c   Loveday, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Affect regulation; Alexithymia; Attachment; Bond; Interpersonal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867734550     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.08.023     Document Type: Article

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