المؤلفون: Yinghan Xie, Dandan Ma, Yanping Duan, Jinya Cao, Jing Wei

المصدر: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Negative life events, Alexithymia, Depression, Stepwise regression analysis, Psychiatry, RC435-571

الوصف: Abstract Background Depression is a life-threatening mental health problem. Various factors have been demonstrated to be associated with depressive symptoms, including negative life events (NLEs) and alexithymia. A retrospective study was conducted to investigate the relationship among negative life events, alexithymia, and depression symptoms in a psychosomatic outpatient sample in China. Methods A total of 2747 outpatients (aged 18 – 65) were included in this investigation. The Life Events Scale (LES), Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-26), and 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) were used to assess NLEs, alexithymia, and depressive symptoms, respectively. A stepwise regression analysis model was established to investigate the relationship among alexithymia, NLEs, and depressive symptoms. Results Overall, 67.0% of the patient sample had a PHQ-9 score of 10 or higher. The stepwise regression analysis model showed a well-fitted model, in which NLEs and alexithymia explain a total of 34.2% of the variance of depressive symptoms in these participants. NLEs (β = 0.256, p

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المؤلفون: Yang Liu, Qingxin Shen, Liangfan Duan, Lei Xu, Yongxiang Xiao, Tiancheng Zhang

المصدر: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Childhood psychological abuse, Depression, Alexithymia, Internet addiction, College students, Psychiatry, RC435-571

الوصف: Abstract Background Childhood psychological abuse (CPA) are highly correlated with depression among college students, but the underlying mechanisms between variables need further exploration. This study aims to investigate internet addiction as a mediating factor and alexithymia as a moderating factor, in order to further elucidate the potential risk factors between CPA and depression among college students. Methods A self-report survey was conducted among 1196 college students from four universities in three provinces in China. The survey included measures of CPA, internet addiction, alexithymia, and depression. Descriptive and correlational analyses were performed on these variables, and a moderated mediation model was constructed. Results CPA was positively correlated with depression among college students, as well as internet addiction with alexithymia. Internet addiction partially mediated the relationship between CPA and depression among college students, while alexithymia strengthened the relationships among the paths in the moderated mediation model. Conclusion This study provides further insights into the psychological mechanisms underlying the relationship between CPA and depression among college students. Internet addiction serves as a mediating factor in this relationship, while alexithymia may enhance the strength of the relationships among the three variables.

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-244X

URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/49a915367b3b47ed9cb067f6bbef8585

المؤلفون: Emanuele Maria Merlo, Rita Tutino, Liam Alexander MacKenzie Myles, Maria Carmela Lia, Domenico Minasi

المصدر: Italian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol 50, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2024)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Alexithymia, Clinical psychology, Chronic conditions, Diabetes, Mental health, Type 1 diabetes mellitus, Pediatrics, RJ1-570

الوصف: Abstract Background Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) represents a serious chronic condition affecting a wide number of people. Discussion of the physical issues associated with T1DM pervades the literature, however, there is less discussion of the psychological consequences. Mental health difficulties, alexithymia and uncertainty are present in this population, and known to be harmful for the onset, maintenance and worsening of T1DM. This study aimed to evaluate the presence of these phenomena in people with T1DM. Methods 105 participants aged between 11 and 17 years old (M: 13.88; SD: 2.16) affected by T1DM were included in the sample. To assess the presence of mental health difficulties, SAFA scales (Depression, Anxiety and Somatic symptoms) were included in the protocol together with TAS-20 and IUS-12, which evaluate the presence and role of alexithymia and intolerance to uncertainty in the sample, respectively. Results A concerning presence of anxiety, depression and somatic symptoms was found in the sample. Mental health difficulties appeared to be consistently present in the sample, often overcoming pathological thesholds. Alexithymia and uncertainty were also common, highlighting their role in T1DM. Conclusions Active mental health difficulties together with high rates of alexithymia and intolerance to uncertainty were prevalent in the sample of adolescents with diabetes.

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1824-7288

URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/967616f88bc84f52ac1907ea78e76921

المؤلفون: Shuang Li, Xiaomei Chen, Lili Liu, Chongyong Sun

المصدر: BMC Psychology, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Social Withdrawal, Problematic social media use, Alexithymia, Negative body image, College students, Psychology, BF1-990

الوصف: Abstract This study explores the relationship between social withdrawal and problematic social media use among college students, with a focus on the mediating roles of alexithymia and negative body image. Using the University Student Social Withdrawal Questionnaire, Social Media Addiction Scale, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, and Negative Body Image Scale, 2582 college students (33.46% male, average age = 19.46 years, SD = 2.23) were surveyed. Social withdrawal, alexithymia, negative body image, and problematic social media use were significantly correlated with each other. Social withdrawal positively predicted problematic social media use, and both alexithymia and negative body image played a chain mediating role between social withdrawal and problematic social media use. The findings indicate that individual social withdrawal is associated with college students’ problematic use of social media. The results suggest that alexithymia and negative body image may mediate this association, highlighting a potential pathway through which social withdrawal influences social media use patterns.

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2050-7283

URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/586cb490855f4a86b3e7139419856b9a

المؤلفون: Feifei Sun, Fang Wang, Xiaojing Hu, Jiaomei Xue, Shangkun Zheng, Jing Su, Qinghua Lu

المصدر: BMC Nursing, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Alexithymia, Negative emotions, Resilience, Perceived social support, Nursing students, Nursing, RT1-120

الوصف: Abstract Nursing students, who comprise a high percentage of China’s college students, experience many psychological problems; however, few studies explored the mechanisms underlying these problems. This cross-sectional study explored the relationships and mechanisms of depression, anxiety, stress, and narrative disorders in senior nursing students. Questionnaires were administered to 380 senior nursing students in Hubei Province using the Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Toronto Alexithymia-20 Scale, Perceived Social Support Scale, 10-Item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, and Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale. After controlling for sociodemographic variables, Hayes’ PROCESS macros were used to test how psychological resilience moderates the relationships among narrative disorders, negative affect, and perceived social support. Bootstrap confidence intervals tested for indirect effects. Correlation analyses revealed that alexithymia was correlated significantly positively with depression-anxiety-stress (r = 0.57, 0.56, and 0.58, resp.) and significantly negatively with perceived social support (r = 0-0.46). Psychological resilience was correlated significantly negatively with alexithymia (r=-0.39) and depression-anxiety-stress (r=-0.31, -0.30, and-0.32, resp.) but significantly positively with perceived social support(r = 0.50). Perceived social support was correlated significantly negatively with depression-anxiety-stress (r=-0.33, -0.34, and − 0.42 resp.). Stress was correlated significantly positively with anxiety and depression (r = 0.81 and 0.77, resp.). Psychological resilience was a partial mediator between depression and dysphoria (β=-0.08, p

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6955

URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/94919084ad194025a3e34aab9b4af9a1

المؤلفون: Binfeng Zhang, Xiuxia Li, Hongzhen Deng, Peixuan Tan, Wanyong He, Shuling Huang, Lu Wang, Hao Xu, Lei Cao, Guanghui Nie

المصدر: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Personality, Alexithymia, Anxiety, Odor awareness, Limbic system, Mediation, Psychiatry, RC435-571

الوصف: Abstract Objective Personality, emotions, and olfaction exhibit partial anatomical overlap in the limbic system structure, establishing potential mechanisms between personality, affective disorders, and olfactory-related aspects. Thus, this study aims to investigate the associations among the Big Five personality traits, alexithymia, anxiety symptoms, and odor awareness. Methods A total of 863 college participants were recruited for this study. All participants completed the Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory-15, the Odor Awareness Scale (OAS), the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20, and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener-7. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine the hypothesized mediated model. Results The findings revealed the majority of significant intercorrelations among the dimensions of the Big Five personality traits, alexithymia, anxiety symptoms, and OAS (|r| = 0.072–0.567, p

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-244X

URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/9984b4c6385f4dab8ce8a0c28f0c0703

المؤلفون: Chandni Gajperia, Jennifer McBride, Janet Treasure, Valentina Cardi, Rebecca Brewer

المصدر: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Interoception, Social perception, Alexithymia, Eating disorders, Anorexia nervosa, Psychiatry, RC435-571

الوصف: Abstract Background The ability to recognize one’s own emotions is associated with one’s ability to recognize others’ emotions. Beyond the domain of emotion, however, the relationship between recognition of one’s own internal states (interoception) and others’ interoceptive states has not been investigated, either in the typical population or clinical groups with interoceptive difficulties (e.g. eating disorders; EDs). Method This study investigated recognition of one’s own and others’ internal states in adults with and without eating disorders, using a high frequency visual noise paradigm. Participants completed self-report measures of interoception, alexithymia (difficulties recognising one’s own emotional internal states) and ED symptomatology, and the Heartbeat Counting Task measure of cardiac interoceptive accuracy. Results Alexithymia was significantly negatively correlated with recognition of others’ interoceptive states. EDs were not associated with difficulties recognising others’ interoceptive states. Conclusions The ability to recognise one’s own emotional internal states is associated with the recognition of others’ interoceptive states, which may contribute to social skills and the ability to care for others.

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URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/00df49fbde974067b8d5d0f52b6ec78e

المؤلفون: Jonathan Gibson

المصدر: BMC Psychology, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Early life stress, Mindfulness, Interoception, Emotion regulation, Attachment, And alexithymia, Psychology, BF1-990

الوصف: Abstract This article is a review that was inspired by recent studies investigating the effects of childhood trauma or early life stress (ELS) and mindfulness in adulthood. One recent study found that some forms of abuse and neglect led to higher scores in several subscales of a self-report measure of mindfulness. The authors concluded that some forms of ELS can help cultivate certain aspects of mindfulness in adulthood. However, and in contrast to this recent finding, much of the extant literature investigating ELS and trauma are linked to emotional dysregulation, alexithymia, and a host of psychopathologies in adulthood which makes the results of this study surprising. Central to the mindfulness literature is cultivating an open, non-reactive, or non-judgment awareness of inner experiences which are important for emotional regulation. In this paper, I review some of the effects of trauma or ELS on critical neural circuits linked to mindfulness, interoception, attachment, and alexithymia which I hope may clarify some of the conflicting findings from this study and throughout the literature and provide additional context and a framework that may inform research investigating these two constructs going forward.

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المؤلفون: Francesca Marazzi, Marika Orlandi, Valentina De Giorgis, Renato Borgatti, Martina Maria Mensi

المصدر: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2023)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Alexithymia, Family, Restrictive eating disorders, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Pediatrics, RJ1-570, Psychiatry, RC435-571

الوصف: Abstract Background Alexithymia is the inability to identify and describe one’s own emotions. Adolescents who suffer from Restrictive Eating Disorders (REDs) show a higher prevalence of alexithymia than the general population. Methods The study explored the correlation between levels of alexithymia in mothers, fathers, and adolescents affected by REDs and patients’ ability to recognize their emotions. The study also aimed to evaluate if patients’ emotional distress can significantly impact the severity of their disorder and functioning measured by the Clinical Global Impression Scale - Severity (CGI-S) and the Children’s Global Assessment Scale (CGAS). We enrolled 67 families of adolescents affected by REDs. Parents and patients’ levels of alexithymia were assessed through the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Spearman’s correlation shows a statistically significant correlation between mothers and patients’ levels of alexithymia. Results Our findings also suggest that fathers and mothers’ TAS scores correlate with each other. However, there is no statistically significant relationship between the influence of the TAS scores of fathers and sons/daughters. Conclusions In conclusion, mothers’ level of alexithymia could influence both fathers and patients’ difficulty in identifying and describing their own emotions. This relationship can be investigated further when considering externally oriented thinking. However, the severity of the disease and overall functioning do not appear to be affected by patients’ levels of alexithymia.

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1753-2000

URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/6ad7fdfd6265477eb64842bb6f793066

المؤلفون: Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Farah Ghrissi, Manel Stambouli, Abir Hakiri, Alexandre Andrade Loch, Majda Cheour, Souheil Hallit

المصدر: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2024)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Gambling problem, Psychotic experiences, Alexithymia, Students, Moderation, Psychiatry, RC435-571

الوصف: Abstract Background Most of the young individuals with problem gambling (PG) or psychotic experiences (PEs) are less prone to seek medical help. Therefore, community-based studies investigating the relationship between these entities in non-clinical young people across a continuum of severity are warranted. To this end, the present study proposes to advance knowledge on the mechanisms that potentially underlie the association between PG and PEs, by examining the role of a potential moderator, i.e. alexithymia, in this relationship. Methods A total of 399 participants enrolled in this study (mean age = 21.58 ± 3.20 years) participated in an online cross-sectional survey. The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief (PQ-B), and the Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-20) were used. Results Thirty-three (8.3%) participants had problem-gambling, whereas 13 (3.3%) were probable pathological gamblers. Moderation analysis results adjusted over confounders (age, household crowding index, marital status, personal history of mental disorder, other illegal drug use) showed that the interaction PG by alexithymia (p = .018) was significantly associated with PEs scores. At moderate (Beta = 1.93) and high (Beta = 3.38) levels of alexithymia, more PG was significantly associated with more PEs scores. Conclusion Findings suggest that GP may have a different impact on PEs depending on the individual’s level of alexithymia. As such, both alexithymia and gambling behavior should be considered in the clinical assessment of young people who present with PEs, which can help in implementing more tailored and individualized treatment plans.

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