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dc.contributor.authorThorberg, Fred Arne
dc.contributor.authorHasking, Penelope
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Ya-Ling
dc.contributor.authorLyvers, Michael
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Ross McD
dc.contributor.authorConnor, Jason P
dc.contributor.authorLondon, Edythe D
dc.contributor.authorFeeney, Gerald FX
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-13T00:11:45Z
dc.date.available2021-05-13T00:11:45Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0279-1072
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02791072.2020.1762022
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/404332
dc.description.abstractAlexithymia is a vulnerability factor for physical and mental illness that can significantly influence the daily function of alcohol-dependent patients. The aim of this study was to examine the indirect effect of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors involving alcohol craving on the relationship between alexithymia, quality of life (QoL) of psychological well-being and health status. Three hundred and eighty-one outpatients (263 males and 118 females) in treatment for alcohol dependence completed self-report measures of alexithymia, alcohol craving, GHQ-28 (QoL-psychological well-being) and SF-36 (QoL-health status). Males scored significantly higher than females on aspects of alexithymia, and females reported significantly higher levels of alcohol craving. Path analysis showed an indirect effect of alcohol craving on the relationship between alexithymia, QoL-psychological well-being and self-reported QoL-health status for males only. The current study provides important new information about impaired self-reported health status and well-being among male alcohol-dependent treatment seekers with alexithymia.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherRoutledge: Taylor & Francis Group
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom366
dc.relation.ispartofpageto376
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Psychoactive Drugs
dc.relation.ispartofvolume52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsPsychology, Clinical
dc.subject.keywordsSubstance Abuse
dc.titleThe Influence of Alexithymia on Alcohol Craving, Health-Related Quality of Life and Gender in Alcohol-Dependent Outpatients
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationThorberg, FA; Hasking, P; Huang, Y-L; Lyvers, M; Young, RM; Connor, JP; London, ED; Feeney, GFX, The Influence of Alexithymia on Alcohol Craving, Health-Related Quality of Life and Gender in Alcohol-Dependent Outpatients, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2020, 52 (4), pp. 366-376
dc.date.updated2021-05-12T00:52:25Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHuang, Ya-Ling


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