Aleksitimija predstavlja nemogućnost individue da prepozna što sopstvena, što tuđa osećanja i da predoči okolini svoja emotivna stanja. Na kognitivnom nivou uočava se umanjena sposobnost maštanja, praktičan, odnosno konkretan stil mišljenja, dok se na afektivnom nivou aleksitimija manifestuje umanjenom sposobnošću osvešćivanja emocija. Najkorišćeniji instrument za merenje aleksitimije jeste TAS-20 upitnik koji se sastoji od tri supskale: faktor 1-identifikacija osećanja, faktor 2-poteškoće pri opisivanju osećanja, faktor 3-razmišljanje orijentisano premaspolja. Cilj ovog rada je dokazati faktorsku strukturu TAS-20 upitnika i odnose sa dimenzijama ličnosti i zadovoljstvom životom. Uzorak se sastojao od 601 ispitanika "nekliničke" populacije i 65 ispitanika koji su se izjasnili da su bolovali od psihijatrijskih oboljenja, te su oni svrstaniu "klinički" uzorak. U "nekliničkom" uzorku 75% populacije izjasnilo se da je ženskog pola i prosečna starost ispitanika bila je 29,47 godina (SD=7.12), dok se u "kliničkom" uzorku 74,9% ispitanika izjasnilo da je ženskog pola a prosečna starost ispitanika bila je 31,18 (SD=8.44). Konfirmatornom faktorskom analizom utvrđen je adekvatan model fit uz eliminaciju stavke 20 iz modela. Ukupan skor upitnika i skorovi po faktorima imaju očekivane odnose sa dimenzijama ličnosti iz modela Velikih pet na "kliničkom" i"nekliničkom" uzorku, osim što je korelacija sa Otvorenošću slabija od očekivane na "nekliničkom". Ukupan skor i skor po faktorima pokazuje očekivanu negativnu korelaciju sa zadovoljstvom životom u "nekliničkom" uzorku, dok ona na "kliničkom" uzorku izostaje. Regresionim modelom se pokazalo da dimenzije ličnosti objašnjavaju 27,6% varijanse upupnog skora. Očekivane polne razlike nisu detektovane.
Alexithymia represents an individual's inability to recognize their own or someone else's emotions and also the inability to communicate them. It has a documented influence on many cognitive and emotional activities of human life. Skin and touch are two of the primary vehicles for conveying emotions between individuals. It is on account of the connection between these elements that this study has focused on determining more precisely the relation between skin related satisfaction and disgust and alexithymia. In total 357 students participated in the survey, 286 (82.9%) were female and the average participant age was 20.54 (min=19; max=26; SD=1.24). Apart from this demographical information, the survey consisted of the Skin Satisfaction Questionnaire (TSD-Q 30), the Toronto Alexithymia Questionnaire (TAS-20), and the Disgust Propensity and Sensitivity Questionnaire (DPSS). Based on an analysis of the survey results, Alexithymia was shown to correlate strongly with the shame aspect of skin satisfaction, but only with TAS-20 factors 1 and 2. A weak correlation was demonstrated between positive disgust and alexithymia. Though only a weak correlation, or no correlations as all, between touch satisfaction and alexithymia was established, touch satisfaction and shame accounted for 21.2% of alexithymia variance, while disgust measurement scales accounted for only 1.3%.
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