Alexithymia and Posttraumatic Stress: Subscales and Symptom Clusters

被引：46

作者：

Declercq, Frederic ^{[1
]}

Vanheule, Stijn ^{[1
]}

Deheegher, John ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Ghent, Dept Psychoanal & Clin Consulting, Fac Psychol & Educ Sci, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2010年 / 66卷 / 10期

关键词：

alexithymia; posttraumatic stress; military nurses; military ambulance personnel; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS; GENERAL-POPULATION; FORMER PRISONERS; POLICE OFFICERS; PTSD SYMPTOMS; RISK-FACTORS; SELF-REPORT; DISORDER; SCALE; TRAUMA;

D O I：

10.1002/jclp.20715

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

This study examined the relationship between the emotion-regulating factor alexithymia and the occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after critical incidents in a nonclinical sample of 136 nurses and ambulance personnel working in military facilities. The results showed that alexythima accounts for variance in PTSD symptoms. Breaking PTSD into its 4 symptom clusters, alexithymia was found to predict numbing and hyperarousal symptoms but not avoidance or reexperiencing symptoms. Finally, the rarely investigated, but clinically relevant, distinctive subdimensions of alexithymia were examined in relation to the 4 PTSD clusters. The difficulty identifying feelings subscale contributed most to the numbing and hyperarousal PTSD subscales. Clinical implications and future research directions are discussed. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 66:1076-1089, 2010.

引用

页码：1076 / 1089

页数：14

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