Scheidt, Carl Eduard and Waller, Elisabeth and Schnock, Christina and Becker-Stoll, Fabienne and Zimmermann, Peter and Luecking, Carl Hermann and Wirsching, Michael (1999) Alexithymia and attachment representation in idiopathic spasmodic torticollis. JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE, 187 (1). pp. 47-52. ISSN 0022-3018,
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We investigated alexithymia and the mental representation of attachment in idiopathic spasmodic torticollis (IST). It was hypothesized a) that alexithymia in IST is more prevalent than in a nonclinical, control group and b) that significant correlations emerge between alexithymia and a dismissing attachment representation. Twenty patients with IST and 20 healthy controls matched for age and sex were administered the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Attachment was classified using the Attachment Interview Q-sort. IST patients scored significantly higher on the measure of alexithymia than subjects in the comparison group. In IST a dismissing attachment representation was significantly more frequent than in the control group. Across the total sample, externally oriented thinking correlated positively with dismissing attachment., and both externally oriented thinking and difficulty communicating feelings (two of the three subscales of the TAS-20) correlated inversely with secure attachment. Alexithymia is more prevalent in IST than in normals.. As was hypothesized, alexithymia in adults is significantly interrelated with the mental representation of attachment.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; BEHAVIORAL-ASPECTS; PANIC DISORDER; HEALTH; SCALE; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; MULTICENTER; VALIDATION; DYSTONIA; ILLNESS; |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie IV (Entwicklungs- und Kognitionspsychologie) - Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Bäuml |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2022 16:34 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2022 16:34 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/48676 |
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