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Published Online: 1986, pp. 321–497

Empirical Study of Alexithymia: Methodology and Results

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Based on a review of studies that employed either psychological assessment or experimental techniques in combination with content analysis of verbal material, this paper presents a conceptualization of alexithymia in terms of situation-specific coping behavior rather than a stable personality trait of psychosomatic patients.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy
Pages: 430 - 447
PubMed: 3532835

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Published in print: 1986, pp. 321–497
Published online: 30 April 2018

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Prof. Stephan Ahrens, M.D., Ph.D.*
Gerhard Deffner, Ph.D.

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Department of Psychosomatics, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 2000 Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
Department of Public Health, Tesdorpfstr. 8, 2000 Hamburg.

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