title: [Current alexithymia research. Critical comments on the "instrumentalizing" critique].
abstract: Referring to the paradigms of newly developed tests, split-brain research, and modern treatment strategies, Hoppe argues that Ahren's critique (1988) of research on alexithymia is onesided because it ignores incompatible research findings.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Hoppe
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D006801:Humans; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010556:Personality Tests; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012106:Research
vernacular_title: Zur gegenwärtigen Alexithymie-Forschung. Kritik einer "instrumentalisierenden" Kritik.