Relationships between the emotional and cognitive components of alexithymia and dependency in alcoholics.

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Several authors have shown that alexithymia, emotional and perceptual dependency characterize patients suffering from substance abuse. The aim of the study is to test the hypothesis that the emotional and cognitive components of alexithymia are associated with dependency in alcoholics. Three groups were investigated: 60 inpatients meeting the DSM-IV criteria for alcohol dependence, 57 healthy subjects, 144 university students. All subjects completed the following rating scales: The 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), the Interpersonal Dependency Inventory (IDI), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Embedded Figures Test (EFT). Partial correlations, using the BDI score as constant, were calculated. In normal subjects, the 'Emotion' subscale of the TAS-20 correlated with the 'Lack of social self-confidence' subscale of the IDI and the 'Cognitive' subscale of the TAS-20 did not correlate with the EFT score. In alcoholics, the 'Cognitive' subscale of the TAS-20 correlated with the 'Lack of social self-confidence' subscale, with the EFT score and with the 'Affirmation of autonomy' subscale. A particular cognitive style characterized by externally oriented thinking, affirmation of autonomy as denial of emotional dependency and field dependence could characterize alcoholics.

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Relationships between the emotional and cognitive components of alexithymia and dependency in alcoholics. Journal Published:

PUBLICATION TYPE: Journal Article

Journal: Psychiatry research

VOLUME: 96

Page Numbers: 63-74

Journal Abbreviation: Psychiatry Res

ISSN: 0165-1781

DAY: 25

MONTH: Sep

YEAR: 2000

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LANGUAGE: eng

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KEYWORDS: Psychiatric Status Rating Scales

MESH TERMS: psychology

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