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
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.