Substance abusers report being more alexithymic than others but do not show emotional processing deficits on a performance measure of alexithymia
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Lindsay, Julie and Ciarrochi, Joseph. (2009). Substance abusers report being more alexithymic than others but do not show emotional processing deficits on a performance measure of alexithymia. Addiction Research and Theory. 17(3), pp. 315 - 321. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066350802472056
Authors | Lindsay, Julie and Ciarrochi, Joseph |
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Abstract | Substance abusers report that they have deficits in emotional processing (“alexithymia”; Taylor et al. ), but is their actual emotional processing performance actually deficient? The prevalence of self-reported alexithymia in a group of newly abstinent substance abusers (N = 40) was 50%, which is considerably higher than that found in normal and psychiatric outpatient samples. However, the actual performance of this group on a task that required them to identify and describe feelings was not significantly different from either a group of university students (after controlling for IQ, age, and gender) or a normal group of adults. In addition, there was no relationship between self-reported and actual emotional processing performance, which is contrary to what has been found in a normal sample. Substance abusers believe they are more alexithymic than others, but do not perform as if they are so. |
Keywords | alexithymia; level of emotional awareness; emotion regulation |
Year | 2009 |
Journal | Addiction Research and Theory |
Journal citation | 17 (3), pp. 315 - 321 |
Publisher | Brunner-Routledge |
ISSN | 1606-6359 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/16066350802472056 |
Page range | 315 - 321 |
Research Group | Institute for Positive Psychology and Education |
Place of publication | United States of America |
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