van Dijk Marieke, Grootenhuis Martha A, de Boer Marieke, Bermond Bob, Last Bob F
Psychosocial Department, Academic Medical Center, G8-224, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Pediatr Rehabil. 2002 Oct-Dec;5(4):203-7. doi: 10.1080/1363849021000047543.
To investigate the incidence of alexithymia (difficulties in describing or recognizing one's own emotions, a limited fantasy life, and general constriction in the affective life) in a group of childhood cancer survivors and to explore medical determinants which predict alexithymia.
Five years after completing therapy, 72 participants were asked to complete the Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire (BVAQ).
Male cancer survivors scored significantly lower on overall alexithymia compared to healthy males. They also showed higher ability to fantasize, a higher emotional arousal, and were better able to verbalize their emotional reactions. The female survivors did not show differences compared to the normal female population. No medical determinant was associated with alexithymia.
Stress due to childhood cancer does not affect the alexithymia scores of females. However, male cancer survivors score less alexithymic than age matched controls.
调查一组儿童癌症幸存者中述情障碍（描述或识别自身情绪困难、幻想生活有限以及情感生活普遍受限）的发生率，并探索预测述情障碍的医学决定因素。
在完成治疗五年后，72名参与者被要求完成伯蒙德 - 沃斯特述情障碍问卷（BVAQ）。
与健康男性相比，男性癌症幸存者在总体述情障碍方面得分显著更低。他们还表现出更高的幻想能力、更高的情绪唤起水平，并且更能清晰表达自己的情绪反应。女性幸存者与正常女性群体相比未显示出差异。没有医学决定因素与述情障碍相关。
儿童癌症带来的压力不会影响女性的述情障碍得分。然而，男性癌症幸存者的述情障碍得分低于年龄匹配的对照组。
