Alexithymia, type A behaviour and bulimia nervosa

✍ Scribed by Bárbara Sureda; Manuel Valdés; Inmaculada Jódar; Joan de Pablo

• Book ID: 101280494
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 67 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1072-4133
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0968(199908)7:4<286::aid-erv272>3.0.co;2-n

✦ Synopsis

This paper studies the prevalence of alexithymia and type A behaviour among women with bulimia nervosa and the psychometric relations between these two psychological constructs. A group of 35 patients selected according to DSM-III-R diagnostic criteria was evaluated using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) and the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) and compared with a matched control group of healthy women. Bulimic patients scored signi®cantly higher than controls in alexithymia and in I and II TAS factors, and in speed/impatience and hard-driving style. Type A prevalence was similar in both groups and overall results suggest that alexithymia and type A behaviour are heterogeneous psychological constructs.