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10980327

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-31
pubmed:abstractText
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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0165-1781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
63-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-4-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Relationships between the emotional and cognitive components of alexithymia and dependency in alcoholics.
pubmed:affiliation
Service Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Pinel, 80044 cedex 01, Amiens, France. gloas@francenet.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article