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In the article there are presented the results of the research on the interrelation of aggression and the alexithymic-like manifestations of the person. According to researchers' opinion, alexithymia is inability of the person to identify and verbalize the emotional experiences, misunderstanding of feelings of other people, difficulty in distinction of feelings and body sensations, poor sphere of fantasy.
An attempt is made to describe the characteristic features of the person with different level of manifestation of the alexithymic trait. The presented analysis shows that the higher is the level of the alexithymic-like manifestations of the tested persons, the lower is the ability to differentiate one's own emotions and to express them adequately to a given situation. This problem is topical for the psychological science, since the alexithymic-like manifestations of the person considerably reduce the utility of affects in the information processing.