Relationship between Alexithymia and Somatic Complaints in a Normal Sample
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Vol. 41 (1) , 20-24
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000287780
Abstract
Utilizing the MMPI Alexithymia Scale and the Cornell Medical Index, the relationship between alexithymia and somatic complaints was investigated in a normal college sample. Although an initial analysis showed alexithymia negatively related to somatic complaints, when the tendency to deny problems on self-report measures was controlled for, the two variables were positively related. The positive relation between alexithymia and somatic complaints found for females was not found for males in this sample.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: