Abstract
The aim of the study was to examine the factor structure of alexithymia in patients with eating disorders and to compare scores on these factors with a non-eating disordered population. The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) was given to patients with restricting anorexia nervosa (AN/R, n = 29), bulimia nervosa (BN, n = 83), anorexia with a subtype bulimia (AN/BN, n = 15), and 79 female students. Factors were extracted using a principal-components factor analysis. Four factors were found--inability to Identify Feelings, Paucity of Fantasy, Noncommunication of Feelings, and Concrete Thinking. All three eating disorder groups were less able to identify their feelings than the comparison group and AN/R patients had a more diminished fantasy life than BN patients and students. Groups did not differ significantly on concrete thinking but there was a trend towards significance on noncommunication of feelings, with patient groups expressing their feelings less than comparison subjects. Differences between patient groups on factors of the TAS suggest that scores are not simply a result of psychopathology in general. Approaches which promote the identification and expression of feelings may be particularly useful in the treatment of eating...Continue Reading
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