Difficulty Identifying Feelings, Distress Tolerance and Compulsive Buying: Analyzing the Associations to Inform Therapeutic Strategies

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 927-935

  Rose, Paul ^a   Segrist, Daniel J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Compulsive buying; Difficulty identifying feelings; Distress tolerance; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871194173     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-012-9389-y     Document Type: Article

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