a Department of Psychiatry , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , BC , Canada.
b Orygen , The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health , Parkville , VIC , Australia.
Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2018 Mar;22(1):77-79. doi: 10.1080/13651501.2017.1324992. Epub 2017 May 16.
Restricted emotional abilities may present significant implications for men's health. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between alexithymia and several health-risk behaviours: substance misuse, aggressive and risky behaviours and suicidal ideation.
A nationally representative sample of 1000 Canadian men responded to a survey containing measures of alexithymia, maladaptive coping behaviours, suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms. A series of hierarchical regressions were conducted using alexithymia as the predictor variable and each health-risk behaviour as the criterion variable, controlling for depressive symptom severity.
Alexithymia was found to be significantly associated with drug use, alcohol use, angry/aggressive behaviour and risk-taking behaviour - as well as suicidal ideation - beyond the effects of depressive symptoms.
The findings provide evidence for the link between alexithymia and several problematic behaviours that pose risks to men's health.
情绪能力受限可能对男性健康产生重大影响。本研究旨在探讨述情障碍与几种健康风险行为之间的关系：物质滥用、攻击和冒险行为以及自杀意念。
来自加拿大的 1000 名男性的全国代表性样本对一项调查做出了回应，该调查包含了述情障碍、适应不良的应对行为、自杀意念和抑郁症状的测量。使用述情障碍作为预测变量，每个健康风险行为作为标准变量，控制抑郁症状严重程度，进行了一系列分层回归。
述情障碍与药物使用、酒精使用、愤怒/攻击行为和冒险行为——以及自杀意念——显著相关，这些行为除了受抑郁症状的影响外，还与男性健康风险相关。
这些发现为述情障碍与几种对男性健康构成风险的问题行为之间的联系提供了证据。
