The dutch language version of the toronto structured interview for alexithymia: Reliability, factor structure and concurrent validity

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-116

  Inslegers, Ruth ^a   Meganck, Reitske ^a   Ooms, Els ^a   Vanheule, Stijn ^a   Taylor, Graeme J ^b,c   Michael Bagby, R ^b,d   De Fruyt, Filip ^a   Desmet, Mattias ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

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EID: 84876252255     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/pb-53-1-93     Document Type: Article

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