MIDAS Project Publication Abstracts
Zlotnick, C., Mattia, J.I., & Zimmerman, M. The relationship
between posttraumatic stress disorder, childhood trauma and alexithymia in
an outpatient sample. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2005, 14, 177-188.
This study examined the strength of association between posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) and alexithymia relative to other psychiatric
disorders in a sample of 252 treatment-seeking psychiatric patients.
Another aim of this study was to explore which type of childhood trauma
was associated with a greater level of adult alexithymia. The study found
that PTSD and borderline personality disorder (BPD) were the two disorders
among selected psychiatric disorders to contribute independently to a
higher degree of alexithymia. Another finding was that a greater severity
of emotional neglect and physical neglect, rather than abuse, were
significantly related to higher levels of alexithymia. In addition, the
study found that among these variables, BPD had the strongest relationship
to alexithymia.
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