High prevalence of alexithymia in male patients with alcohol dependence

Rybakowski, Janusz; Ziółkowski, Marcin; Zasadzka, Teresa; Brzeziński, R

doi:10.1016/0376-8716(88)90058-0

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“…In contrast to our initial hypothesis, in the subsample of drinkers we found that alexithymia decreased with the increase in alcohol consumption. This is a finding that differs from the results of investigations on the relationship between alexithymia and alcoholism conducted in adults, a context in which several researches have reported higher rates of alexithymia in alcoholics, between 45% and 67% [12]- [15] [17] [18] [56] [57].…”

Section: Alexithymia Behavioral Problems and Alcohol Consumptioncontrasting

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“…The prevalence of alexithymia in adult alcohol misusers is 45% -67% [12]- [15]. Since alexithymic individuals often feel uncomfortable in social situations [15] [16], some researchers have suggested that in these subjects, alcohol misuse might be a coping strategy, helping to deal with stress or improve interpersonal functioning [17] [18]. Thus alexithymia may be a risk factor for the development of alcohol misuse [11] [19]- [21].…”

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Alexithymia, Psychopathology and Alcohol Misuse in Adolescence: A Population Based Study on 3556 Teenagers

Gatta¹,

Facca²,

Colombo³

et al. 2014

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Objectives: To analyze the association between alexithymia and alcohol intake during adolescence, also in relation to psychopathology, in order to identify psychological risk factors for alcohol misuse. Method: 3556 students [mean age (range) 14.5 years (11 -18)] were recruited in the Padua area. Each was administered a set of three questionnaires: the Toronto Alexithymia Scale for children (TAS-20) to measure alexithymia, the Questionnaire Adolescent Saturday evening (QAS) to estimate of alcohol intake, and the Youth Self-Report (YSR 11 -18) to value psychopathology. Results: Externalizing problems appeared to increase with age and with the amount of alcohol consumed, unlike internalizing problems. The prevalence of alexithymia was 18%, decreasing with age, and it was not associated with alcohol consumption, and used except in younger subjects (≤13), for whom a positive correlation was observed between alexithymia, internalizing problems and alcohol intake. Conclusions: Younger adolescents are more psycho-emotionally vulnerable (internalizing problems and alexithymia) and at a greater risk of alcohol misuse.

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Alexithymia, Psychopathology and Alcohol Misuse in Adolescence: A Population Based Study on 3556 Teenagers

Gatta¹,

Facca²,

Colombo³

et al. 2014

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“…4,5 This prevalence rate among alcoholic patients has been reported to range from 42% to 79% in several studies. 3,[5][6][7][8][9] The prevalence rate was not different in Turkish alcohol-dependent men (48-56%). [10][11][12] Studies on this issue suggested that alexithymic features may negatively affect the long-term alcoholism treatment outcomes and that they may also predict alcohol use.…”

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Alexithymia and temperament and character model of personality in alcohol‐dependent Turkish men

Evren

Köse

Sayar

et al. 2008

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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Aims: Alexithymia, a personality trait characterized as having problems identifying, describing, and working with one's own feelings, often marked by a lack of understanding of the feelings of others, is only partly described within the context of personality. The aim of the present study was therefore to study the prevalence of alexithymia among male alcoholdependent inpatients and investigate the relationship between alexithymia and the dimensions of Cloninger's psychobiological model of personality. Methods: The Turkish version of the TorontoAlexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Turkish version of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) were administered to 111 male alcohol-dependent inpatients.Results: TAS-20 scores correlated positively with harm avoidance and self-transcendence and negatively with self-directedness and cooperativeness. Regression analysis identified high harm avoidance and self-transcendence and low self-directedness as independent predictors of alexithymia. Also harm avoidance and self-transcendence predicted alexithymia in a logistic regression model. Conclusions: Alexithymia can be explained by specific dimensions within Cloninger's psychobiological model of personality in alcohol-dependent Turkish men.Key words: alexithymia, character, personality, temperament.A LEXITHYMIA IS AN emotional processing disturbance clinically manifested by difficulties in identifying and verbalizing feelings, in elaborating fantasies, and by a tendency to focus on and amplify the somatic sensations accompanying emotional arousal. Alexithymia is thought to be a stable personality trait and a predisposing risk factor for a variety of psychiatric disorders. Salient features of alexithymia are the inability to distinguish one's feelings from the accompanying bodily sensations, the inability to communicate feelings to others, and an externally oriented cognitive style reflecting an absence of inner thoughts and fantasies. These three lower-order concepts reflect separate, yet empirically related facets of the alexithymia construct.

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“…Contrary to the above mentioned disorders, alexithymia is not considered by the DSM to be mental disorder [13] even though it can be considered a risk factor and can be clinically associated with some somatic, neurological, psychiatric disorders as well as addiction [37][38][39][40][41]. Moreover, alexithymia can even be detected among healthy people.…”

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Potential Psychological Factors Associated with High Risk for Cannabis Abuse: Evidence from Multiple Logistic Regression

Bejaoui¹,

Marzouki²

2015

Clin Exp Psychol

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The aim of the present study was to provide a list of psychological variables likely to explain cannabis abuse among adolescents and young adults based on the following psychological risk factors: anxiety, depression, difficulty in describing feelings, difficulty in identifying feelings, and external oriented thought. The analysis was based on the multiple logistic regression technique; the step-wise procedure showed that only anxiety, depression, and difficulty in describing feelings were retained in the final model. Following this, additive versus interactive models under different assumptions between the three independent variables were also assessed. The key findings of this study are twofold: (a) anxiety was revealed to be the primary risk factor for cannabis abuse and (b) no interaction between the aforementioned factors proved to be significantly informative in explaining high risk cannabis abuse. Findings were discussed in the context of the current knowledge of the relationship between anxious and depressive symptoms and higher risk of substance abuse and dependence.

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High prevalence of alexithymia in male patients with alcohol dependence

Cited by 70 publications

References 18 publications

Alexithymia, Psychopathology and Alcohol Misuse in Adolescence: A Population Based Study on 3556 Teenagers

Alexithymia, Psychopathology and Alcohol Misuse in Adolescence: A Population Based Study on 3556 Teenagers

Alexithymia and temperament and character model of personality in alcohol‐dependent Turkish men

Potential Psychological Factors Associated with High Risk for Cannabis Abuse: Evidence from Multiple Logistic Regression

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