Changes in Scores on Alexithymia over a Period of Psychiatric Treatment

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ID13648215
AuthorsIsao Fukunishi (Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, corresponding author), Michiko Kikuchi (Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry), Mariko Takubo (Kumagaya Psychiatric Clinic)
Year1997
Volume80
Issue2
Pages483-489
Publication date1997-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1997.80.2.483
PMID9129368
OpenAlexW2036500761
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

We examined changes in alexithymia over a period of psychiatric treatment. Scores on a measure of alexithymia construct (affect awareness but not externally oriented thinking) decreased significantly after psychiatric treatment, suggesting that alexithymia or affect awareness for patients with psychiatric disorders or psychosocial problems is a state reaction rather than a personality trait. As for an association of reactions to stress with alexithymia, a group on high extrapunitiveness demonstrated significant decrease in scores on affect awareness compared to a group on low extrapunitiveness both before and after psychiatric treatment

Affect (linguistics · Alexithymia · Personality · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Trait · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

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