2006/10/02 by Stijn Vanheule, Mattias Desmet, Reitske Meganck +1 · 1 citation
Medicine · Psychology · Health Professions · #Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments #Personality Disorders and Psychopathology #Problem Solving Skills Development #Alexithymia #Psychology #Psychoanalytic theory #Interpersonal communication #Clinical psychology #Interpersonal relationship #Mental health #Relevance (law) #Psychotherapist #Developmental psychology #Social psychology
paper · doi:10.1002/jclp.20324
openalex publication_date 2006/10/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
This study examines whether alexithymia relates to specific interpersonal problems, based on data collected in a sample of mental health outpatients (N = 404) and a student sample (N = 157). Linear regression analysis, in which the effects of group, gender, and age were controlled, indicated that two interpersonal problems were significantly and reliably related to alexithymia: cold/distant and nonassertive social functioning. The theoretical relevance of the results for attachment and psychoanalytic theory is indicated, as well as implications of the findings for clinical practice.