Alexithymia and Coping with Stress in Healthy Persons

Alexithymia as a Personality Trait is Associated with Low Social Support and Poor Responses to Stress

Bibliographic Data

ID13676144
AuthorsIsao Fukunishi (Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, corresponding author), Richard H Rahe (Nevada Stress Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center)
Year1995
Volume76
Issue3_suppl
Pages1299-1304
Publication date1995-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1995.76.3c.1299
PMID7480499
OpenAlexW2045516015
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited18

We examined the relationship between alexithymia and coping with stress among 179 Japanese healthy volunteers. Two correlational analyses indicated that persons scored as alexithymic were more likely to indicate lower social support and poorer responses to stress. Multiple regression analysis also indicated that these lowered coping responses were fully explained by alexithymia scores. These results suggest that alexithymia, as a personality trait, may help to explain these individuals' low social support and poor responses to stress

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