Alexithymia and Type A behaviour compared in psychodynamic terms of personality.

Publisher: British Psychological Society Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0370640 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0007-1129 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00071129 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Br J Med Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Letchworth Eng : British Psychological Society
Original Publication: London [etc.]

Personality Development* ; Psychoanalytic Theory* ; Type A Personality*; Affective Symptoms/*psychology ; Psychophysiologic Disorders/*psychology; Adult ; Cholelithiasis/psychology ; Colitis, Ulcerative/psychology ; Colonic Diseases, Functional/psychology ; Duodenal Ulcer/psychology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Personality Tests ; Varicose Veins/psychology

Similarities between alexithymia and Type A behaviour in terms of psychoanalytic personality theory were studied in 164 non-acute surgical patients. The methods used were the Beth Israel Hospital Questionnaire, the Swedish version of the Jenkins Activity Survey and the Lazare-Klerman-Armor personality test. The results showed that alexithymia and Type A behaviour can be compared in terms of compulsive personality. The most evident difference was that certain hysterical features were related to Type A pattern but not to alexithymia.

Date Created: 19900601 Date Completed: 19900905 Latest Revision: 20190912

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10.1111/j.2044-8341.1990.tb01606.x

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