Martin J B, Pihl R O
Psychother Psychosom. 1986;45(2):66-77. doi: 10.1159/000287930.
Individual differences in response to stress have been linked to the development of stress-related disorders through the presence of a dissociation between physiological and subjective stress responses. It has been suggested that the presence of alexithymic characteristics may constitute a new source of individual response differences and thereby contribute to the development of a stress-related disorder. However, it is also possible that the presence of alexithymic characteristics is simply a new name for a preexisting construct. The present study examined subjective and physiological stress response patterns in normal individuals with high or low presence of alexithymic characteristics, and the relationship between alexithymia and potentially equivalent constructs. The results revealed that the presence of alexithymic characteristics is independent of repression, trait anxiety, and social desirability. As well, high alexithymics appear to manifest high levels of sympathetic activity, and a dissociation between subjective and physiological stress responses. These results are discussed in terms of the potential contribution of alexithymic characteristics to the development of stress-related disorders.
个体对压力反应的差异通过生理和主观压力反应之间的分离与应激相关障碍的发展有关。有人提出，述情障碍特征的存在可能构成个体反应差异的新来源，从而导致应激相关障碍的发展。然而，述情障碍特征的存在也可能仅仅是一个现有结构的新名称。本研究调查了具有高或低述情障碍特征的正常个体的主观和生理压力反应模式，以及述情障碍与潜在等效结构之间的关系。结果显示，述情障碍特征的存在与压抑、特质焦虑和社会期望无关。此外，高述情障碍者似乎表现出高水平的交感神经活动，以及主观和生理压力反应之间的分离。本文根据述情障碍特征对应激相关障碍发展的潜在贡献对这些结果进行了讨论。
