90
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Alexithymia and anxiety sensitivity in Turkish depressive, anxiety and somatoform disorder outpatients

&
Pages 140-145 | Received 05 Dec 2005, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

References

  • Sifneos PE. Short-term psychotherapy and emotional crisis. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA 1972
  • Taylor GJ, Bagby RM, Parker JDA. Disorder of affect regulation: Alexithymia in medical and psychiatric illness. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA 1997
  • Taylor GJ. Recent developments in alexithymia theory and research. Can J Psychiatry 2000; 45: 134–142
  • Taylor GJ, Parker JDA, Bagby RM. Alexithymia and somatic complaints in psychiatric outpatients. J Psychosom Res 1992; 36: 1–8
  • Kirmayer LJ, Robbins JM. Cognitive and social correlates of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Psychosomatics 1993; 34: 41–52
  • Cohen K, Anld F, Brooker H. Is alexithymia related to psychosomatic disorder and somatizing?. J Psychosom Res 1994; 38(2)119–27
  • Barsky AJ. Amplification, somatization, and the somatoform disorders. Psychosomatics 1992; 33: 28–34
  • Cox BJ, Kuch K, Parker JD. Alexithymia in somatoform disorder patients with chronic pain. J Psychosom Res 1994; 38(6)523–7
  • Sadock BJ, Sadock VA. Kaplan & Sadock's synopsis of psychiatry. Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry. 9th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2003
  • Lumley MA, Tomakowsky J, Torosian T. The relationship of alexithymia to subjective and biomedical measures of disease. Psychosomatics 1997; 38(5)497–502
  • Honkalampi K, Hintikka J, Tanskanen A, Lehtonen J, Viinamaki H. Depression is strongly associated with alexithymia in the general population. J Psychosom Res 2000; 48: 99–104
  • Wise TN, Jani NN, Kass E, Sonnenschein K, Mann LS. Alexithymia: relationship to severity of medical illness and depression. Psychother Psychosom 1988; 50: 68–71
  • Rief W, Heuser J, Fichter MM. What does the Toronto Alexithymia Scale TAS–20 measure?. J Clin Psychol 1996; 52: 423–9
  • Honkalampi K, Saarinen P, Hintikka J, Virtanen V, Viinamaki H. Factors associated with alexithymia in patients suffering from depression. Psychother Psychosom 1999; 68: 270–5
  • Honkalampi K, Hintikka J, Laukkanen E, Lehtonen J, Viinamaki H. Alexithymia and depression: a prospective study of patients with major depressive disorder. Psychosomatics 2001; 42: 229–34
  • Berthoz S, Consoli S, Perez-Diaz F, Jouvent R. Alexithymia and anxiety: compounded relations? A psychometric study. Eur Psychiatry 1999; 14: 372–8
  • Marchesi C, Fonto S, Balista C, Cimmino C, Maggini C. Relationship between alexithymia and panic disorder: a longitudinal study to answer an open question. Psychother Psychosom 2005; 74(1)56–60
  • Parker JDA, Taylor GJ, Bagby RM, Acklin MW. Alexithymia in panic disorder and simple phobia: a comparative study. Am J Psychiatry 1993; 150: 1105–7
  • Cox BJ, Swinson RP, Shulman ID, Bourdean D. Alexithymia in panic disorder and social phobia. Compr Psychiatry 1995; 36: 195–8
  • Bach M, Bach D. Independency of alexithymia and somatization. A factor analytic study. Psychosomatics 1996; 37(5)451–8
  • Kooiman CG, Bolk JH, Rooijmans HG, Trijsburg RW. Alexithymia does not predict the persistence of medically unexplained physical symptoms. Psychosom Med 2004; 66(2)224–32
  • Parker JDA, Bagby M, Taylor GJ. Alexithymia and depression: distinct or overlapping constructs?. Comp Psychiatry 1991; 32: 387–94
  • First MB, Spitzer RL, Williams JBW. Structured clinical interview for DSM-IV (SCID). American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC 1997
  • Corapcioglu A, Aydemir O, Yildiz M. Structured clinical interview for DSM-IV (SCID-IV), Turkish Version (Turkish). Hekimler Yayin Birligi, AnkaraTurkey 1999
  • Taylor GJ, Bagby RM, Ryan DP. Criterion validity of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Psychosom Med 1988; 50: 500–9
  • Sayar, K, Gulec, H, Ak, I. The reliability and validity of the Twenty-Item Toronto Alexithymia scale. (Turkish). 37th National Congress of Psychiatry, Scientific Studies Abstract Book, Istanbul, Turkey; 2001.
  • Reiss S, Peterson RA, Gursky DM, McNally RJ. Anxiety sensitivity, anxiety frequency, and the prediction of fearfulness. Behav Res Ther 1986; 24: 1–8
  • Dilbaz, N, Guz, H. Anxiety Sensitivity Index: Validity and relability (Turkish) 37th National Congress of Psychiatry, Scientific Studies Abstract Book, Istanbul, Turkey; 2001.
  • Hamilton M. A rating scale for depression. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1960; 23: 56–62
  • Hamilton M. The assessment of anxiety states by rating. Br J Med Psychiatry 1959; 32: 50–5
  • Akdemir A, Orsel S, Dag I, Turkcapar H, Iscan N, Ozbay H. Hamilton Depresssion Rating Scale: Validity, reliability, and clinical use (Turkish). Psikiyatr Psikol Psikofarmakol Derg 1996; 4(4)251–9
  • Yazici MK, Demir B, Tanriverdi N, Karaagaoglu E, Yolac P. Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale: Interrater Reliabilty and Validity Study (Turkish). Turk Psikiyatr Derg 1998; 9(2)114–17
  • Kauhanen J, Kaplan GA, Julkunen J, Wilson TW, Salonen TJ. Social factors in alexithymia. Compr Psychiatry 1993; 34: 330–5
  • Lipsanen T, Saarijarvi S, Lauerma H. Exploring the relations between depression, somatization, dissociation and alexithymia. Overlapping or independent constructs?. Psychopathology 2004; 37: 200–6
  • Sayar K, Kirmayer LJ, Taillefer SS. Predictors of somatic symptoms in depressive disorder. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2003; 25: 102–14
  • Duddu V, Isaac MK, Chaturvedi SK. Alexithymia in somatoform and depressive disorders. J Psychosom Res 2003; 54(5)435–8
  • Waller E, Scheidt CE. Somatoform disorders as disorders of affect regulation: a study comparing the TAS-20 with non-self-report measures of alexithymia. J Psychosom Res 2004; 57(3)239–47
  • Tutkun H, Savas HA, Zoroglu SS, Esgi K, Herken H, Tiryaki N. Relationship between alexithymia, dissociation and anxiety in psychiatric outpatients from Turkey. Isr J Psychiatry Rel Sci 2004; 41(2)118–24
  • Taylor GJ, Bagby RM. New trends in alexithymia research. Psychother Psychosom 2004; 73(2)68–77
  • Pennebaker JW, Watson D. The psychology of somatic symptoms. Current concepts of somatization: research and clinical perspectives, LJ Kirmayer, JM Robbins. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC 1991; 21–35

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.