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- Title
Alexithymic asthmatics: the miscommunication of affective and somatic states.
- Authors
Brown, Eric L.; Fukuhara, Jolene T.; Feiguine, Robert J.; Brown, E L; Fukuhara, J T; Feiguine, R J
- Abstract
The affective and somatic response of alexithymic patients to their asthma was analyzed in reference to the ten symptom categories of the Asthma Symptom Checklist. Alexithymic asthmatics minimize their self-account of physical and emotional difficulties experienced during respiratory distress. Successful medical treatment of these patients necessitates early appraisal of the alexithymic trait followed by an appreciation of the potential psychomaintenance problems which this psychologic condition creates. Copyright © 1981 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
ASTHMA treatment; ASTHMA diagnosis; PSYCHOLOGY of asthma; ALEXITHYMIA; COMPARATIVE studies; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MINNESOTA Multiphasic Personality Inventory; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; SELF-disclosure; EVALUATION research
- Publication
Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics, 1981, Vol 36, Issue 2, p116
- ISSN
0033-3190
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1159/000287534