Alexithymia in relation to alcohol expectancies in alcohol-dependent outpatients

Psychiatry Research
Fred Arne ThorbergGerald F X Feeney

Abstract

Alexithymia and alcohol outcome expectancies were investigated in 355 alcohol-dependent treatment seekers. Patients with alexithymia gave stronger self-report ratings of expectancies of affective change related to beliefs that alcohol leads to negative mood states and assertion, that alcohol enhances social skills, compared to those without alexithymia. The findings suggest that alcohol-dependent outpatients with alexithymia may drink to experience intensified negative emotions and improved social functioning.

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Sep 12, 2018·Journal of Psychoactive Drugs·Michael LyversFred Arne Thorberg
Dec 29, 2020·Addictive Behaviors Reports·Aleksandra M HermanTheodora Duka

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