Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 201-206 , March 2010

Direct and indirect effects of the temperament and character on alexithymia: a pathway analysis with mood and anxiety

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.06.001

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 201-206 , March 2010

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