TY - JOUR
T1 - Alexithymia
T2 - Anxiety and hostility in psychosomatic and psychoneurotic patients
AU - von Rad, M.
AU - Druecke, M.
AU - Knauss, W.
AU - Lolas, F.
PY - 1979
Y1 - 1979
N2 - Verbal samples obtained from 40 psychoneurotic and 40 psychosomatic patients, matched with respect to age, sex, intelligence and some social indicators, were examined using different methods of content analysis. According to the concept of 'alexithymia' it was postulated that the restricted fantasy life and difficulty in expressing feelings attributed to psychosomatic patients would be reflected at the speech level (psychoanalytic interviews). The measurement of anxiety and hostility using the Gottschalk-Gleser scales gave the following results: with total anxiety in particular, and its subscales guilt, shame, separation and diffuse anxiety, and with hostility, the psychosomatic patients showed lower values than the neurotic patients, which were in part highly significant. The results confirm the existence of the 'psychosomatic phenomenon' but they do not permit statements concerning its etiology.
AB - Verbal samples obtained from 40 psychoneurotic and 40 psychosomatic patients, matched with respect to age, sex, intelligence and some social indicators, were examined using different methods of content analysis. According to the concept of 'alexithymia' it was postulated that the restricted fantasy life and difficulty in expressing feelings attributed to psychosomatic patients would be reflected at the speech level (psychoanalytic interviews). The measurement of anxiety and hostility using the Gottschalk-Gleser scales gave the following results: with total anxiety in particular, and its subscales guilt, shame, separation and diffuse anxiety, and with hostility, the psychosomatic patients showed lower values than the neurotic patients, which were in part highly significant. The results confirm the existence of the 'psychosomatic phenomenon' but they do not permit statements concerning its etiology.
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U2 - 10.1159/000287334
DO - 10.1159/000287334
M3 - Article
C2 - 482543
AN - SCOPUS:0018704061
SN - 0033-3190
VL - 31
SP - 223
EP - 234
JO - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
JF - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
IS - 1-4
ER -