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Theory of mind and alexithymia: emotional self-awareness and the other's face in a sample of cancer patients and contrast group.

Authors

  • René Rodrigo Gallardo Vergara Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Austral, Puerto Montt, Chile.

Keywords:

reconocimiento emocional, alexitimia, mentalización, teoría de la mente, cáncer

Abstract

Through this research sought to see if there is a relationship between alexithymia and the recognition of emotion in his eyes; at the same time investigate the possible influence that the condition cancer had in this emotional recognition deficits. Thus, we sought to identify differences in these variables in a group with and without alexithymia of patients with cancer and a contrast group without clinical condition. For this study we worked with oncology patients in two hospitals in Chile, as it consistently has been linked to inhibition and alexithymia as a personality trait associated with people with cancer. The results indicated that the recognized deficit in emotional self-awareness in alexithymics, appears to turn in a diminished mental capacity to explain the background of another person, all it evaluated from reading the eyes in a sample of cancer patients the base hospital in the city of Valdivia and Puerto Montt in Chile and a contrast sample.

Author Biography

René Rodrigo Gallardo Vergara, Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Austral, Puerto Montt, Chile.

Mi nombre es René Gallardo Vergara, psicólogo titulado de la Universidad Mayor, Chile, con un Magíster en Psicología Clínica, mención en psicoterapia constructivista en 2005, en la misma casa de estudio. Además obtuve el grado de Doctor en Psicología, en el programa Personalidad, Desarrollo y Comportamiento anormal de la Universidad de Barcelona, España, en diciembre del 2014. Me he desempeñado profesionalmente desde principios de 2002, íntegramente en contexto universitario, como profesor 4 universidades del sur de Chile. Sin embargo, hace 11 años que formo parte como académico a jornada completa de la Escuela de Psicología de la Universidad Austral, sede Puerto Montt en donde he cumplido diversas labores o responsabilidades: a) director de Escuela (2011-2014), b) supervisión de tesis de pregrado y prácticas profesionales, c) docencia en asignaturas de Psicopatología, Psicología de la personalidad, Psicología clínica, entre otras., d) participación como autor principal y coautor en proyectos de investigación. Dentro de mis ámbitos de interés se encuentra la Psicología de la Personalidad y Psicopatología, Psicología Clínica y de la Religión.

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2018-06-27

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Vol. 35 No. 2: May - Ago 2018

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