1. Alexithymia and Type A behaviour compared in psychodynamic terms of personality.
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Keltikangas-Järvinen L
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- Adult, Cholelithiasis psychology, Colitis, Ulcerative psychology, Colonic Diseases, Functional psychology, Duodenal Ulcer psychology, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Tests, Varicose Veins psychology, Affective Symptoms psychology, Personality Development, Psychoanalytic Theory, Psychophysiologic Disorders psychology, Type A Personality
- Abstract
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.
- Published
- 1990
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