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Temporal stability of alexithymia in cancer patients following a psychological intervention
| العنوان: | Temporal stability of alexithymia in cancer patients following a psychological intervention |
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| المؤلفون: | Porcelli, Piero, Tulipani, Cinzia, Di Micco, Concetta, Spedicato, Maria R., Maiello, Evaristo |
| المصدر: | Journal of Clinical Psychology ; volume 67, issue 12, page 1177-1187 ; ISSN 0021-9762 1097-4679 |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| المجموعة: | Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref) |
| الوصف: | Objective : The state‐trait nature of alexithymia is not fully resolved. The aim of this article was to evaluate the temporal stability of alexithymia in cancer patients after psychological intervention. Design : Absolute and relative stability of alexithymia was evaluated in 104 cancer patients who received multicomponent psychological treatment or usual medical care. Results : Alexithymia scores significantly decreased in treated patients and increased in the control group, thus showing that the lack of absolute stability (i.e., the change of personality scores over time) likely was because of the effect of the treatment versus the control condition. The relative stability (i.e., the extent to which the inter‐individual differences remain the same over time) of alexithymia after 6 months was, however, demonstrated with multiple regressions, after controlling for anxiety, depression, and cancer‐related pain. Conclusions : This study confirms the relative stability of alexithymia and that the lack of absolute stability of the construct is influenced by psychological intervention in cancer patients. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 67:1–11, 2011. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jclp.20839 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20839 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjclp.20839 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jclp.20839 |
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| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.10CEBD99 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jclp.20839 |
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