The psychometric assessment of alexithymia: Development and validation of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire
@article{Preece2018ThePA, title={The psychometric assessment of alexithymia: Development and validation of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire}, author={David A. Preece and Rodrigo Becerra and Ken Robinson and Justine Dandy and Alfred Allan}, journal={Personality and Individual Differences}, year={2018} }
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