A Comparative Study on Alexithymia in Depressive, Somatoform, Anxiety, and Psychotic Disorders among Koreans

• 발행기관: 대한신경정신의학회
• 저자명: Sunghwa Son Hyunyoung Jo HyoDeog Rim JuHee Kim HeaWon Kim GeumYe Bae SeungJae Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『Psychiatry Investigation』제9권 제4호, 325~331쪽, 전체 7쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 정신과학
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• 발행일자: 2012.12.31

영문 초록

Objective-Little is known about the characteristic differences in alexithymic construct in various psychiatric disorders because of a paucity of direct comparisons between psychiatric disorders. Therefore, this study explored disorder-related differences in alexithymic characteristics among Korean patients diagnosed with four major psychiatric disorders (n=388). Methods-Alexithymic tendencies, as measured by the Korean version of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20K), of patients classified into four groups according to major psychiatric diagnosis were compared. The groups consisted of patients with depressive disorders (DP; n=125), somatoform disorders (SM; n=78), anxiety disorders (AX; n=117), and psychotic disorders (PS; n=68). Results-We found that substantial portions of patients in all groups were classified as having alexithymia and no statistical intergroup differences emerged (42.4%, 35.9%, 35.3%, and 33.3% for DP, SM, PS, and AX). However, patients with DP obtained higher scores in factor 2 (difficulties describing feelings) than those with SM or AX, after adjusting for demographic variables. Conclusion-These findings suggest that alexithymia might be associated with a higher vulnerability to depressive disorders and factor 2 of TAS-20K could be a discriminating feature of depressive disorders.

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Alexithymia Depressive disorder Somatoform disorder Anxiety disorder Psychotic disorder