The Relationships between Early Trauma, Dissociation, and Alexithymia in Alcohol Addiction

OBJECTIVE: Addiction is often considered a dissociative behavior that is related to alexithymia and developmental trauma. The study aims were to explore the relationships between early trauma, alexithymia, and dissociation. METHODS: A total of 117 (males=60; females=57) alcohol-addicted individuals...

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Autores principales: Craparo, Giuseppe, Ardino, Vittoria, Gori, Alessio, Caretti, Vincenzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2014
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4124194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25110508
http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2014.11.3.330
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Ardino, Vittoria
Gori, Alessio
Caretti, Vincenzo
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description OBJECTIVE: Addiction is often considered a dissociative behavior that is related to alexithymia and developmental trauma. The study aims were to explore the relationships between early trauma, alexithymia, and dissociation. METHODS: A total of 117 (males=60; females=57) alcohol-addicted individuals and 117 healthy individuals (males=60; females=57) were administered a series of self-report questionnaires that assess traumatic experiences, alexithymia, and pathological dissociation. RESULTS: Correlation analyses indicated significant correlations between alexithymia, dissociation, and trauma and a significant difference between the target and control groups, with higher alexithymia and dissociation scores in the target group. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that trauma, alexithymia, and dissociation are predictors of alcohol addiction.
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spelling pubmed-41241942014-08-10 The Relationships between Early Trauma, Dissociation, and Alexithymia in Alcohol Addiction Craparo, Giuseppe Ardino, Vittoria Gori, Alessio Caretti, Vincenzo Psychiatry Investig Brief Report OBJECTIVE: Addiction is often considered a dissociative behavior that is related to alexithymia and developmental trauma. The study aims were to explore the relationships between early trauma, alexithymia, and dissociation. METHODS: A total of 117 (males=60; females=57) alcohol-addicted individuals and 117 healthy individuals (males=60; females=57) were administered a series of self-report questionnaires that assess traumatic experiences, alexithymia, and pathological dissociation. RESULTS: Correlation analyses indicated significant correlations between alexithymia, dissociation, and trauma and a significant difference between the target and control groups, with higher alexithymia and dissociation scores in the target group. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that trauma, alexithymia, and dissociation are predictors of alcohol addiction. Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2014-07 2014-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4124194/ /pubmed/25110508 http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2014.11.3.330 Text en Copyright © 2014 Korean Neuropsychiatric Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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