Are there subtypes of alexithymia?

作者：Bagby R Michael^*; Quilty Lena C; Taylor Graeme J; Grabe Hans J; Luminet Olivier; Verissimo Ramiro; De Grootte Iris; Vanheule Stijn

来源：Personality and Individual Differences, 2009, 47(5): 413-418.

DOI：10.1016/j.paid.2009.04.012

• Alexithymia
• Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire
• Cluster analysis
• Factor analysis
• Subtypes of alexithymia

The aim of this study was to investigate the viability of Type I and Type II alexithymia proposed by Vorst and Bermond (2001) and defined by Affective and Cognitive higher-order factors as measured by the Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire (BVAQ). Using data from a large international database, confirmatory factor and cluster analyses were conducted with a pooled sample (N = 1696), as well as with five samples of subjects that composed the pooled sample, in which subjects had completed different language versions of the BVAQ, A correlated five-factor model produced the best fit in the pooled sample and in each of the five samples: this model was also a better fit than the higher-order, two-factor model on which the Type I and Type II distinction rests. Across the five samples and in the pooled sample, a two-cluster solution did not emerge. In sum, the results failed to provide empirical support for the Type I and Type II alexithymia distinction.

• 出版日期2009-10