Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 1 , Pages 83-88 , January 2010

The Emotional Processing Scale: Scale refinement and abridgement (EPS-25)

  • Roger Baker

      Affiliations

    • Dorset Research and Development Support Unit, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, Dorset, UK
    • Dorset HealthCare NHS Foundation Trust, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
    • The School of Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
    • ,
  • Sarah Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Dorset Research and Development Support Unit, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, Dorset, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dorset Research and Development Support Unit, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, BH15 2JB Dorset, UK.
    • ,
  • Peter W. Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Dorset Research and Development Support Unit, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, Dorset, UK
    • The School of Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
    • ,
  • Phil Gower

      Affiliations

    • Dorset Research and Development Support Unit, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, Dorset, UK
    • ,
  • Mariaelisa Santonastaso

      Affiliations

    • The School of Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
    • The Faculty of Psychology, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Anna Whittlesea

      Affiliations

    • Dorset Research and Development Support Unit, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, Dorset, UK

Received 6 August 2008 ,Revised 6 July 2009 ,Accepted 7 July 2009.

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☆ Mariaelisa Santonastaso was supported by a Leonardo da Vinci Scholarship.

PII: S0022-3999(09)00272-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.07.007

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 1 , Pages 83-88 , January 2010

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