The relationship between alexithymia, depression, and sleep complaints

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-258

  De Gennaro, Luigi ^a   Martina, Mariangela ^a   Curcio, Giuseppe ^a   Ferrara, Michele ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

20 item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS 20); Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES D); Emotional regulation; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SLEEP DISORDERS; STATISTICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 8544227656     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.05.023     Document Type: Article

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