SLEEP CHARACTERISTICS OF JAPANESE WORKING MEN WHO SCORE ALEXITHYMIC ON THE TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE

Authors
KAWAMURA N ISHIKAWA T AGO Y YAMASAKI Y FUKUI T TATEMICHI M SEI H MORITA Y HORIGUCHI E RAHE RH
Citation
N. Kawamura et al., SLEEP CHARACTERISTICS OF JAPANESE WORKING MEN WHO SCORE ALEXITHYMIC ON THE TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE, Perceptual and motor skills, 84(3), 1997, pp. 859-865
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
84
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Part
1
Pages
859 - 865
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1997)84:3<859:SCOJWM>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
This study examined the relationship of sleep characteristics includin g insomnia with scores on alexithymia in a sample of 171 Japanese work ing men. Levels of nonrestorative sleep and daytime sleepiness reporte d on a sleep questionnaire were significantly associated with scores o n Depression and Confusion on the Profile of Mood States for Japanese men who had a high mean score on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale.