Relationships between alexithymia, affect recognition, and empathy after traumatic brain injury

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Neumann, Dawn ^a   Zupan, Barbra ^b   Malec, James F ^a   Hammond, Flora ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OF NONVERBAL ACCURACY 2 ADULT FACES AND ADULT PARALANGUAGE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL REACTIVITY INDEX; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BRAIN INJURIES; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893025544     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e31827fb0b5     Document Type: Article

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