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Meta‐analysis of alexithymia in posttraumatic stress disorder
Author(s) -
Frewen Paul A.,
Dozois David J. A.,
Neufeld Richard W. J.,
Lanius Ruth A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.20320
Subject(s) - alexithymia , posttraumatic stress , psychology , clinical psychology , meta analysis , psychiatry , medicine
The authors present a meta‐analysis investigating the prevalence of alexithymia in 12 studies encompassing 1,095 individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A large effect size was found associating PTSD with alexithymia. Effect sizes were higher in studies of male combat PTSD samples in comparison with studies of other PTSD samples. Clinical and research directions are discussed.