Alexithymia, affect recognition, and five factors of personality in substance abusers.
A total of 80 adults (40 normal volunteers, 40 substance abusers) participated in a study about alexithymia and five factors of personality, measured on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the NEO Five Factor Inventory, respectively, and their relationship to recognition of affect. The substance abusers scored the same as the age- and sex-matched normal volunteers on recognizing posed facial expressions, but higher on the alexithymia scale, while on Neuroticism and Extraversion they had lower scores on Agreeableness.
Department of Psychiatry, Fairfax Hospital, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Falls Church, VA 22046, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001364:Awareness; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation