Nonverbal Behavior and Alexithymic Traits in Normal Subjects Individual Differences in Encoding Emotions
作者:
ALFONSO TROISI,
ROBERTO CHIME,
FEDERICO RUSSO,
MARIA RUSSO,
CRISTINA MOSCO,
AUGUSTO PASINI,
期刊:
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
(OVID Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 184,
issue 9
页码: 561-566
ISSN:0022-3018
年代: 1996
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
The relationship between nonverbal behavior and emotional awareness, as measured by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, was studied in 24 young volunteers free of medical and psychiatric disorders. Multiple regression analysis revealed that nonverbal behavior during psychiatric interview was a significant predictor of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale total score independent of situational depression and anxiety. Subjects who had difficulty identifying and describing their feelings showed a combination of poor nonverbal expressivity and frequent self-directed behavior patterns indicative of tension and anxiety. In addition, subjects with a tendency toward externally oriented thinking showed more avoidance behavior during the interview. The ethological data of this study support clinical observations, which suggest that alexithymic traits interfere with both processing of emotion and interpersonal behavior.
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