Alexithymic characteristics and somatic illness.
As part of a study on stress, the author investigated 183 women, the majority of whom were dental patients. A highly significant correlation between a high score of alexithymic characteristics and many reported somatic diseases was found in the subjects who were 40 years of age or older.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000150:complications*; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D012306:Risk