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Childhood abuse, alexithymia and personality disorder

Berenbaum, Howard·1996·Journal of Psychosomatic Research
DOI 10.1016/s0022-3999(96)00225-5
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I examined the relationships among childhood abuse, alexithymia, and personality disorder. Participants were 60 adults who were receiving outpatient psychotherapy. Both the participants and their therapists used the Toronto Alexithymia Scale to provide independently information concerning the client's level of alexithymia. The therapists provided information concerning DSM-III-R personality disorder diagnoses, and participants completed portions of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised. Information concerning childhood abuse history was obtained from the therapists. As expected, childhood abuse, alexithymia, and personality disorder were all associated with each other. The abilities to identify and communicate emotions were differentially associated with childhood abuse and personality disorder.

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  • Increased rates of alexithymia in adulthood have been associated with negative childhood experiences such as physical or sexual abuse, emotional neglect, and poor family expressiveness.

    “increased rates of alexithymia in adulthood have been associated with a number of negative experiences in childhood, such as physical or sexual abuse, emotional neglect, and poor family expressiveness (Aust et al., 2013; Berenbaum, 1996; Kench and Irwin, 2000).”

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Authors
Berenbaum, H.
Affiliations
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Corresponding author
Berenbaum, Howard
ORCID
Berenbaum, Howard
Venue
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1996-12
Volume
41
Issue
6
Pages
585-595
ISSN
0022-3999 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0022-3999(96)00225-5
OpenAlex
W1972755269
Cited by
193
References
78
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
childhood abuse, alexithymia, personality disorders, emotion recognition, emotional communication, personality disorder diagnosis
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Affective Symptoms, Child Abuse, Communication, Cross-Sectional Studies, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Disorders, Retrospective Studies, Self-Assessment, Chi-Square Distribution

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