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Fred Arne Thorberg1, Ross McD Young2, Michael Lyvers3
1National Centre for Dual Diagnosis, Innlandet Hospital Trust, PO Box 104, 2381 Brumunddal, Norway; Department of Behavioural Sciences in Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; School of Psychology and Counseling, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia; School of Psychology, Bond University, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia.
Abstract:
Alexithymia and alcohol outcome expectancies were investigated in 355 alcohol-dependent treatment seekers. Patients with alexithymia gave stronger self-report ratings of expectancies of affective change related to beliefs that alcohol leads to negative mood states and assertion, that alcohol enhances social skills, compared to those without alexithymia. The findings suggest that alcohol-dependent outpatients with alexithymia may drink to experience intensified negative emotions and improved social functioning.
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