ALEXITHYMIA, AFFECT RECOGNITION, AND THE 5-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY IN NORMAL SUBJECTS

Authors
MANN LS WISE TN TRINIDAD A KOHANSKI R
Citation
Ls. Mann et al., ALEXITHYMIA, AFFECT RECOGNITION, AND THE 5-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY IN NORMAL SUBJECTS, Psychological reports, 74(2), 1994, pp. 563-567
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
74
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
563 - 567
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1994)74:2<563:AARAT5>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A total of 62 staff members from a general hospital participated in a study about alexithymia and the five-factor model of personality, meas ured by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the NEO Five Factor Inventor y, respectively, and their relationship to recognition affect. Subject s with alexithymic characteristics were less able to recognize affecti ve states in posed facial expressions and so may have modified their e mpathic capacity.