Alexithymia in relation to alcohol expectancies in alcohol-dependent outpatients

Fred Arne Thorberg; Ross Young; Michael Lyvers; Karen A Sullivan; Penelope Hasking; Edythe D London; Reidar Tyssen; Jason P Connor; Gerald F.X Feeney

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2016.01.016

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Alexithymia in relation to alcohol expectancies in alcohol-dependent outpatients

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Alexithymia in relation to alcohol expectancies in alcohol-dependent outpatients

Fred Arne Thorberg, Ross Young, Michael Lyvers, Karen A Sullivan, Penelope Hasking, Edythe D London, Reidar Tyssen, Jason P Connor and Gerald F.X Feeney

Psychiatry Research, Vol.236, pp.186-188

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.01.016

PMID: 26775551

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Abstract

Alcohol dependence

Alcohol expectancies

Alexithymia

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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Title: Alexithymia in relation to alcohol expectancies in alcohol-dependent outpatients
Authors: Fred Arne Thorberg (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Ross Young (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Michael Lyvers (Author) - Bond University
Karen A Sullivan (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Penelope Hasking (Author) - Curtin University
Edythe D London (Author) - University of California Los Angeles
Reidar Tyssen (Author) - University of Oslo
Jason P Connor (Author) - Princess Alexandra Hospital
Gerald F.X Feeney (Author) - Princess Alexandra Hospital
Publication details: Psychiatry Research, Vol.236, pp.186-188
Publisher: Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.01.016
ISSN: 1872-7123; 0165-1781
PMID: 26775551
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99551006302621
Output Type: Journal article

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