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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