Sleep characteristics of Japanese working men who score alexithymic on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale.
This study examined the relationship of sleep characteristics including insomnia with scores on alexithymia in a sample of 171 Japanese working men. Levels of nonrestorative sleep and daytime sleepiness reported on a sleep questionnaire were significantly associated with scores on Depression and Confusion on the Profile of Mood States for Japanese men who had a high mean score on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale.
Fukunishi
I
I
Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. fukunisi@prit.go.jp
Kawamura
N
N
Ishikawa
T
T
Ago
Y
Y
Yamasaki
Y
Y
Fukui
T
T
Tatemichi
M
M
Sei
H
H
Morita
Y
Y
Horiguchi
E
E
Rahe
R H
RH
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009098:Multiphasic Screening; D010555:Personality Inventory; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D017132:Workplace