RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALEXITHYMIA AND SOMATIC COMPLAINTS IN A NORMAL SAMPLE

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作者
COOPER, DE [1 ]
HOLMSTROM, RW [1 ]
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[1] GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV, DEPT PSYCHOL, WASHINGTON, DC 20052 USA
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10.1159/000287780
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R749 [精神病学];
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100205 ;
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Utilizing the MMPI [Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory] alexithymia scale and the Cornell Medical Index, the relationship between alexithymia and somatic complaints was investigated in a normal college sample. Although an initial analysis showed alexithymia negatively related to somatic complaints, when the tendency to deny problems on self-report measures was controlled for, the 2 variables were positively related. The positive relation between alexithymia and somatic complaints found for females was not found for males in this sample.
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