Alexithymia in victims of sexual assault: an effect of repeated traumatization?

Alexithymia in victims of sexual assault: an effect of repeated traumatization?

The authors compared scores on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale of 12 rape victims with PTSD, 12 rape victims without PTSD, and 12 nontraumatized comparison subjects. Rape victims were more alexithymic than were nontraumatized comparison subjects, and subjects with a history of more than one episode of...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of psychiatry 1993-04, Vol.150 (4), p.661-663
Hauptverfasser: ZEITLIN, S. B, MCNALLY, R. J, CASSIDAY, K. L
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Affective Symptoms - diagnosis
Affective Symptoms - psychology
Alexithymia
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Personality Inventory
Post traumatic stress disorder
Psychological tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Rape
Rape - psychology
Recurrence
Sexual assault
Social research
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Victimology
Victims
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Zusammenfassung:The authors compared scores on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale of 12 rape victims with PTSD, 12 rape victims without PTSD, and 12 nontraumatized comparison subjects. Rape victims were more alexithymic than were nontraumatized comparison subjects, and subjects with a history of more than one episode of rape were more alexithymic than were subjects with a single episode.
ISSN:0002-953X
1535-7228
DOI:10.1176/ajp.150.4.661