Body talk: Sex differences in the influence of alexithymia on physical complaints among psychiatric outpatients

John S. Ogrodniczuk, David Kealy, Anthony S. Joyce, Allan A. Abbass

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This study investigated the relationship between alexithymia and physical complaints among psychiatric outpatients, and whether sex moderated this relationship. Participants (N = 185) completed measures of physical complaints (bodily symptom burden, pain severity, pain interference), alexithymia, current symptom (depression, anxiety) distress, and somatosensory amplification (i.e., a person's tendency to be bothered by physical sensations). Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted, controlling for the influence of current psychiatric symptom distress and somatosensory amplification. Findings revealed differential relationships between alexithymia and physical complaints (pain interference) for women and men, in addition to main effects for sex and alexithymia. The findings suggest that the negative influence of alexithymia on bodily-related problems may not be universal.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)168-172
Número de páginas5
PublicaciónPsychiatry Research
Volumen261
DOI
EstadoPublished - mar. 2018

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Biological Psychiatry

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