Alexithymia—state or trait? One-year follow- up study of general hospital psychiatric consultation out-patients
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We carried out a 1-year follow-up study on 54 out of 80 general hospital psychiatric consultation out-patients. Alexithymic features were measured by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS), and self-reported psychological distress with the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). Men were more alexithymic and distressed than women both at the baseline and at the follow-up evaluations. The degree of alexithymia in both genders remained consistent, whereas psychological distress decreased significantly in both genders during the follow-up period. Therefore we conclude that alexithymia presents a constant trait in psychiatric consultation out-patients.
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Alexithymia is generally conceptualised as a stable trait, though the temporal stability of its factors has been seen to differ, with difficulty identifying feelings and difficulty describing feelings increasing during depressive episodes.
“Alexithymia is generally conceptualised as a stable construct (a trait) [84–86], though the temporal stability of the factors (difficulty identifying feelings, difficulty describing feelings and externally orientated thinking) has been seen to differ, the former two to increase when patients are in depressive episodes [87].”
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- Authors
- Salminen, J. K., Saarijärvi, S., Ääirelä, E., & Tamminen, T.
- Affiliations
- Social Insurance Institution (FI)
- ORCID
- Tamminen, Tuula
- Venue
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1994-10
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 681-685
- ISSN
- 0022-3999 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2004538293
- Cited by
- 115
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 3.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- alexithymia, trait versus state, psychological distress, sex differences, longitudinal follow-up, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Brief Symptom Inventory
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Affective Symptoms, Ambulatory Care, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychoanalytic Therapy, Referral and Consultation, Sex Factors, Age of Onset
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