Titre du document / Document title
Relationship between somatosensory amplification and alexithymia in a Japanese psychosomatic clinic
Auteur(s) / Author(s)
NAKAO Mutsuhiro ;
BARSKY Arthur J. ;
KUMANO Hiroaki ;
KUBOKI Tomifusa ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
Teikyo University Center for Evidence-Based Medicine and Department of Hygiene and Public Health, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, JAPON
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPON
Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ETATS-UNIS
Résumé / Abstract
To examine the relationship between somatosensory amplification and three factors of alexithymia (difficulty identifying feelings, difficulty describing feelings, and externally oriented thinking), 48 outpatients attending a Japanese psychosomatic clinic and 33 comparative outpatients completed the Somatosensory Amplification Scale (SSAS), 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), Profile of Mood States (POMS), and other self-rating questionnaires. The scores on the SSAS and the first and second TAS-20 factors were higher (all P<0.001) in the psychosomatic group than in the comparison group. The SSAS was positively associated (both P<0.01) with these two TAS-20 factors, controlling for the effects of age, sex, group, and POMS tension-anxiety and depression. Somatosensory amplification appears to be associated with difficulties identifying and describing feelings, not externally oriented thinking, in Japanese patients.
Revue / Journal Title
Psychosomatics
ISSN
0033-3182
Source / Source
2002, vol. 43, n
o1, pp. 55-60 (33 ref.)
Langue / Language
Anglais
Editeur / Publisher
American Psychiatric Publishing, Arlington, VA, ETATS-UNIS
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Localisation / Location
INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 13320, 35400010042803.0090
Nº notice refdoc (ud4) : 13566951
