Beliefs about the effects of social sharing of emotion in alexithymia

  1. Martínez-Sánchez, Francisco
  2. Blanco Larrieux, María Luisa
  3. Páez Rovira, Darío
  4. Costa Ball, Daniel
Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Año de publicación: 2013

Volumen: 25

Número: 2

Páginas: 179-184

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Antecedentes: los acontecimientos emocionales inducen a hablar recurrentemente sobre ellos (Compartimiento Social de la Emoción: CSE). En este trabajo se estudian varios factores que pueden influir sobre las creencias en sus efectos: alexitimia, edad y sexo en dos muestras formadas por participantes españoles (n= 388) y uruguayos (n= 537). Método: todos completaron la Escala de Alexitimia de Toronto (TAS-20) y el Cuestionario de Creencias sobre los Efectos del Compartimiento Social de la Emoción (BSEQ). Resultados: la alexitimia se asocia negativamente con las creencias sobre el CSE. Los niveles bajos de alexitimia se asocian positivamente a las creencias en sus beneficios intrapersonales, a la vez que negativamente a los beneficios de la no expresión emocional. No se halló relación entre alexitimia y las creencias en los beneficios interpersonales del CSE. Se encontraron diferencias significativas en función del sexo y país en las puntuaciones totales del BSEQ. Los análisis de regresión pusieron de manifiesto la capacidad pronóstica de la alexitimia sobre las creencias en los beneficios del CSE. Conclusiones: el patrón de resultados sugiere que una cultura más tradicional y colectivista como la uruguaya valora en menor media los efectos del CSE. Finalmente se discuten los resultados y sus implicaciones.

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