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Men are alexithymic 70% more often than women (17% vs. 10% of population)

Topic: Mental Health

Source

Citation: Prevalence of alexithymia and its association with sociodemographic variables in the general population of Finland
Author(s): Salminen, Saarijarvi, Aarela, Toikka, Kauhanen
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Link: http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1642510


Nation(s): Finland
Year(s): 1999
Source: Primary
Type: Behavioral Experiments

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Alexithymia is the sub-clinical inability to identify and describe emotions in the self