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Interaction of life quality with alexithymia, temperament and character in male alcohol‐dependent inpatients
Author(s) -
EVREN CUNEYT,
DALBUDAK ERCAN,
DURKAYA MINE,
CETIN RABIA,
EVREN BILGE
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00135.x
Subject(s) - cooperativeness , temperament and character inventory , alexithymia , harm avoidance , reward dependence , novelty seeking , psychology , temperament , clinical psychology , alcohol dependence , personality , toronto alexithymia scale , quality of life (healthcare) , psychiatry , alcohol , social psychology , psychotherapist , biochemistry , chemistry
and Aims. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of life quality with alexithymia, temperament and character dimensions of personality. Design and Methods. Participants were 156 consecutively admitted male alcohol dependents. Patients were investigated with the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, the Temperament and Character Inventory, the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test and the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36‐item health survey. Results. Among alcohol‐dependent inpatients 30.1% were considered as alexithymic. Severity of alcohol related problems was higher in alexithymic group, whereas quality of life (QoL) was lower. Alexithymia, novelty seeking (NS) and harm avoidance (HA) were negatively, reward dependence, self‐directedness and cooperativeness were positively correlated with QoL scores. ‘Difficulty in identifying feelings’ (DIF) factor of alexithymia and HA were the determinants of physical dimension of Life Quality in Linear Regression model, whereas DIF, HA and NS were the predictors of mental dimension score. Discussion and Conclusions. Among alcohol‐dependent men, DIF factor of alexithymia and personality dimensions, particularly HA and NS are associated with impairment of QoL. Direction of this relationship and factors that may mediate this relationship is unclear . [Evren C, Dalbudak E, Durkaya M, Cetin R, Evren B. Interaction of life quality with alexithymia, temperament and character in male alcohol‐dependent inpatients. Drug Alcohol Rev 2009]