Meta-analysis of alexithymia in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Authors

Paul A Frewen
David J A DozoisFollow
Richard W J Neufeld
Ruth A Lanius

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2008

Journal

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volume

21

Issue

2

First Page

243

Last Page

246

URL with Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/ 10.1002/jts.20320

Abstract

The authors present a meta-analysis investigating the prevalence of alexithymia in 12 studies encompassing 1,095 individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A large effect size was found associating PTSD with alexithymia. Effect sizes were higher in studies of male combat PTSD samples in comparison with studies of other PTSD samples. Clinical and research directions are discussed.