International Clinical Neuroscience Journal

Vol. 8 No. 4 (2021)

Evaluating the Components of Alexithymia in Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

International Clinical Neuroscience Journal, Vol. 8 No. 4 (2021), 30 October 2021 , Page 175-179

Abstract

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the differences in alexithymia components between patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and normal individuals.
Methods: In this ex-post facto study, 23 obsessive-compulsive outpatients’ selected by available sampling method and 22 personnel of the same hospitals (Taft Comprehensive Psychiatric Hospital, Imam Ali, Shahid Rahnemoon, and Baghayipoor Clinics) were selected as a control group in 2015 in Yazd, Iran. Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive and Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 were used in this study.
Results: Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The results showed that patients with OCD were significantly different from the control group in the total alexithymia score (F=7.232, P=0.01). However, both groups had significant differences only in the subscale of difficulty in identifying feelings.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that both groups had significant differences in the total alexithymia score and one of its subscales.

Keywords:
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Alexithymia, Emotion Regulation.

How to Cite

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Bozorg M, Rahimi C, Mohammadi N. Evaluating the Components of Alexithymia in Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Int Clin Neurosci J [Internet]. 2021 Oct. 30 [cited 2026 Jul. 5];8(4):175-9. Available from: https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/neuroscience/article/view/35698

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