Alexithymia and affect pathology among adult male alcoholics
Document Type
Article
Keywords
Alexithymia, Affect pathology, alcoholics
Disciplines
Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
The present study attempts to validate earlier findings of a positive relationship between the severity of alexithymia and symptoms of affect pathology among alcoholics. One hundred adult male outpatient alcoholics were given instruments to assess alexithymia and symptoms of affect pathology. Controlling for alcoholism severity, Pearson Product Moment Correlations demonstrated that the severity of alexithymia was significantly correlated with dysphoria and affect intolerance, as well as with certain interpersonal difficulties resulting from these affective disturbances. Such findings support the usefulness of the alexithymia construct in the understanding and treatment of affect pathology and its consequences among alcoholics.
Article Number
1216
Publication Date
1997
Recommended Citation
Cecero, J & Holmstrom, R. (1997). Alexithymia and affect pathology among adult male alcoholics. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 53 (3), 201-208.
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