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Is alexithymia a non‐neurotic personality dimension? A response to Rubino, Grasso, Sonnino & Pezzarossa
Author(s) -
Taylor Graeme J.,
Bagby R. Michael,
Parker James D. A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1993.tb01751.x
Subject(s) - alexithymia , neuroticism , psychology , personality , clinical psychology , affect (linguistics) , social psychology , communication
Rubino, Grasso, Sonnino & Pezzarossa (1991) reported a significantly higher level of alexithymia in neurotic and delusional patients than in psychosomatic patients, and concluded that alexithymia is not a non‐neurotic personality dimension. Further empirical data are cited, however, that contradict this conclusion and support the view that alexithymia is a type of affect deficit.