Aiexithymia in a personality structure of bronchial asthma patients
Abstract
One hundred and eighteen bronchial asthma (BA) patients were examined by means of the Toronto alexithymie scale (TAS), and a brief version of the personality multilateral investigation method (PMIM), and the Spilberg-Khanin’s anxiety scale. Among them 55.1% of the patients were recognized as alexithymie persons. Asthmatic patients with alexithymia were reliably more neurotized compared with non-alexithymic ones. The revealed peculiarities of an actual personal condition of the alexithymie bronchial asthma patients cause a necessity of including methods of psychotherapeutic correction of alexithymia to a prevention measures system.
About the Authors
V. M. ProvotorovRussian Federation
V. N. Krut’ko
Russian Federation
A. V. Budnevsky
Russian Federation
T. I. Grekova
Russian Federation
V. I. Zoloedov
Russian Federation
V. I. Ryaskin
Russian Federation
S. V. Kharchevnikova
Russian Federation
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Provotorov V.M., Krut’ko V.N., Budnevsky A.V., Grekova T.I., Zoloedov V.I., Ryaskin V.I., Kharchevnikova S.V. Aiexithymia in a personality structure of bronchial asthma patients. PULMONOLOGIYA. 2000;(3):30-35. (In Russ.)