title: Sociocultural differences on hostility in alexithymic persons.
abstract: A recent comment by I. Alex Rubino on the personality correlates of alexithymia implied that there are several important areas for further discussion. Sociocultural differences in ethnicity (Japanese and Italian) may need to be taken into account for an understanding of the divergent findings.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukunishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosaka
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007564:Japan; D010555:Personality Inventory; D014434:Type A Personality