Relationship between alexithymia and impact of event of prison male offenders / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between the alexithymia and impact of event of the prison male offenders.Methods267 male inmates in one prison of Tangshan and 99 men from students and general workers have been tested with Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-26) and Impact of Event Scale-Revisod( IESR).Results ① The alexithymia scores of prison male offenders were more higher except for the factor Ⅰ (Prion18.62 ± 3.61 ; general18.00 ± 3.57 ) and factor Ⅲ ( prion14.38 ± 3.06 ;general14.96 ± 3.34).And there were significant differences in factor Ⅱ ( Prison22.26 ± 3.96 ; general19.72 ± 3.34 ),factor Ⅳ ( prison22.38 ± 4.20;general21.03 ± 4.03 ) and the total score (prison77.65 ±7.22;general73.71 ±8.32) (P＜0.01).② Sex offenders'alexithymia degree was the heaviest ( 79.90 ± 5.00 ) and violence perpetrator' degree was the lightest (77.55 ±7.43),but there was no significant difference among the three subjects(P＞0.05).There were significant differences in the evade dimension and the total score in impact of evens between the three different type prison male offenders.③There were negative eorrehtions between factor Ⅲ and factor Ⅳ of alexithymia and every dimension of impact of events( r =-0.14 ～ -0.22,P＜ 0.05),there were positive correlations between factor Ⅰ and factor Ⅱ of alexithymia and every dimension of impact of events( r =0.14 ～ 0.43,P ＜ 0.05 ).ConclnsionThe degree of alexithymia in prison male offenders is higher than the general men.The violent male offenders are served more impact of events.The higher the degree of alexithymia of the prison male offenders,the more impaction of the event they served.