Relationship between alexithymia and dependent personality disorder: A dimensional analysis

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 484-488

  Loas, Gwenolé ^a   Baelde, Olympe ^b   Verrier, Annie ^c  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Hôpital Pinel   (France)

^c AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Dependent personality; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TWENTY ITEM TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922844024     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.062     Document Type: Article

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