Loss of self-control over drinking and the relationship of alexithymia to quality of life in alcohol-dependent patients

Aims: Up to 67% of alcohol-dependent patients in treatment have alexithymia, a personality trait associated with emotion regulation difficulties.

Alexithymia has been investigated in relation to quality of life (QoL) among male alcohol-dependent patients, but no study has explored gender differences or underlying mechanisms that link alexithymia with QoL. The objective of the present study, therefore, was to address these questions and to examine the extent to which obsessive thoughts about alcohol use and compulsive behaviors mediate the relationship between alexithymia and QoL.

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  • Forfattere: Thorberg, Fred Arne; Young, Ross McD; Lyvers, Michael; Connor, Jason P; Tyssen, Reidar; Landheim, Anne; Edythe, London; Feeney, Gerald F.X.. 
  • Publisert: Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2015 ;Volum 146. s. e4-
Publisert 2. des. 2015 15:15 - Sist endret 30. juni 2016 15:15