Alexithymia and temperament and character model of personality in patients with major depressive disorder

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Feryal Cam CelikelC Robert Cloninger

Abstract

Alexithymia is thought to be a stable personality trait and a predisposing risk factor for depression. In this study, we aimed to identify the prevalence of alexithymia in a depressed and nondepressed sample and examined the relationship between Cloninger's psychobiological model of personality with alexithymia. The Turkish version of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), the Turkish version of the Temperament and Character Inventory, and the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were administered to 81 depressed patients and 51 controls. The mean age of the groups was 30.5 +/- 7.7 and 32.75 +/- 8.73, respectively. Depression severity was evaluated with the BDI. In the depressed group, 33.3% were alexithymic, and alexithymic subjects had significantly higher BDI scores. Depressed individuals were significantly more alexithymic than the controls on the total and all the 3 subscales of TAS-20. The TAS-20 total score was negatively correlated with the temperament dimension of Reward Dependence (RD) and the character dimension of Self-Directedness (SD). In the TAS-20 subscale, difficulties in identifying feelings was positively correlated with Self-Transcendence and negatively correlated with SD. The difficulties in exp...Continue Reading

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