Alexithymia and anxiety symptoms in Pakistani adolescents: a study of compounded directions

jafer, None Sadia; Ashraf, Farzana; Arif, Amna

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“…Our findings demonstrate a higher risk for alexithymia among male patients, aligning with van't Wout et al's study on 43 schizophrenia patients (van't Wout et al, 2007). This result was echoed in studies of adolescents (Jafar et al, 2021), the general population (Lane et al, 1998; Li et al, 2022), and outpatients with alcohol use disorder (Thorberg et al, 2020). The higher risk of alexithymia in male patients might be explained as follows.…”

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Alexithymia in Chinese patients with chronic schizophrenia: Prevalence, clinical correlates, and relationship with neurocognition and empathy

Peng,

Wang,

Wang

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Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

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IntroductionAlexithymia is highly prevalent and strongly related to adverse consequences in patients with schizophrenia. However, its associated factors remain largely unexplored. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of alexithymia and its association with sociocultural characteristics, clinical symptoms, neurocognition, and empathy in 854 Chinese patients with schizophrenia.MethodDemographic information was collected through a self‐designed questionnaire. Alexithymia was assessed by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS‐20). We assessed clinical symptoms, neurocognition, and empathy via the following instruments: Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status, and Interpersonal Reactivity Index. A multiple logistic regression model was conducted to determine the independent correlates of alexithymia.ResultsApproximately one‐third (n = 277, 32%) of patients with schizophrenia had alexithymia. Patients with alexithymia had significantly more severe negative symptoms, neurocognition, and empathy impairment than patients without alexithymia. Being male, negative symptoms, personal distress, empathic concern, and language functioning were independently associated with alexithymia.DiscussionOur findings demonstrate a high prevalence of alexithymia and its strong association with clinical symptoms, neurocognition, and empathy, which calls for timely screening and intervention for alexithymia in patients with schizophrenia. Targeting impaired language function, negative symptoms, and impaired affective empathy might help reduce alexithymia and its related negative consequences.

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Alexithymia in Chinese patients with chronic schizophrenia: Prevalence, clinical correlates, and relationship with neurocognition and empathy

Peng,

Wang,

Wang

et al. 2023

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

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“…Alexithymia contributes ANX to 28%; Liss et al [45] found that ease of excitation interacted with difficulty identifying feelings, which may predict anxiety; if being both easily excited by stimuli and unable to identify personal feelings is particularly anxiety-provoking, alexithymia affects anxiety, and Jafar et al [46] found that by applying multiple analysis, direct and interactive effects of age groups and gender on alexithymia and anxiety symptoms.…”

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“…, F(46,3) = 130, p = .000 .-Alexithymia Predicted with (OC) with a positive correlation , R2 = .141, F(20,9) = 129, p = .000 . -Alexithymia Predicted with (INS) with a positive correlation , R2 = .173, F(26,5) = 128, p = .000 .…”

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Alexithymia as a predictor of Behavioral symptoms in a non-clinical sample

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2023

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Introduction: Alexithymia has been linked to several mental health issues, including depression and schizophrenia. Affective deficits, such as difficulty in emotionalizing and fantasizing, and cognitive deficits including difficulty in recognition, describing, and distinguishing feelings from bodily sensations of emotional arousal, characterize the personality dimension known as alexithymia. Methods: The current study aimed to determine the range of alexithymia contribution to behavioral symptoms among adolescents and adults who did not attend psychiatric clinics and did not receive psychotherapy. Toronto alexithymia Scale TAS-20 was used to measure alexithymia. Items were formulated in the form of positive and negative statements. The Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R ) was the second tool for assisng behavioral symptoms, consisting of nine dimensions. Results: Total of 165 Egyptian participants were recruited in the study. Alexithymia predicted physical symptoms with a positive contribution rate of 29% (p-value=0.0001), obsessive-compulsive (OC) with rate of 12% (p-value= 0.0002), interactive sensitivity with rate of 16% (p-value= 0.0001), depression with rate of 26% (p-value= 0.0001), anxiety with rate of 29% (p-value= 0.0001), hostility with rate of 23% (p-value= 0.0001), fear anxiety with rate of 9% (p-value= 0.0001), imaginary paranoia with rate of 23% (p-value= 0.0001), psychoticism with rate of 19% (p-value= 0.001) and the total degree of symptoms with rate of 36% (p-value= 0.0001). Discussion: The study concluded that alexithymia contribute to the symptoms in rates that ranged mostly between medium and strong levels, and there was no effect statistically significant for the interaction of alexithymia with age and gender in influencing behavioral symptoms.

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“…Numerous studies have evaluated anxiety and depressive disorders in the general population and have demonstrated a relationship with alexithymia [6][7][8][9][10][11]. Alexithymia refers to a deficit in the ability to recognize and express emotions, use of concrete speech and thoughts related to external events, and a paucity of notional thought processes [12].…”

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Occurrence of Alexithymia and Its Association with Sports Practice from a Sample of University Students: Results from a French Cross-Sectional Study

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Background: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of alexithymia in a sample of university students and to determine its association with specific sports practice characteristics (competition and training). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, anthropometric data and characteristics of sport practice were collected, as well as level of alexithymia (Toronto Alexithymia Scale, (TAS-20)). Results: The study included 253 French university students who completed a questionnaire specifying their regular sports practice and level of alexithymia (TAS-20). We found 76 subjects (30%) who had proven alexithymia and 92 (36.4%) who were borderline alexithymic. A significant positive relationship between alexithymia and the weekly amount of training practice was observed. It should be noted that students who engage in more than 5 h of physical activity are more prone to be borderline or alexithymic (respectively, 19.6 and 19.7% versus 7.1% for non-alexithymics; p = 0.03). Conclusion: With a 30% frequency, alexithymia is more prevalent in this context than in the general population. Furthermore, alexithymia and borderline alexithymia are most favorably associated with higher physical activity (over 5 h per week).

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Alexithymia and anxiety symptoms in Pakistani adolescents: a study of compounded directions

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Alexithymia in Chinese patients with chronic schizophrenia: Prevalence, clinical correlates, and relationship with neurocognition and empathy

Alexithymia in Chinese patients with chronic schizophrenia: Prevalence, clinical correlates, and relationship with neurocognition and empathy

Alexithymia as a predictor of Behavioral symptoms in a non-clinical sample

Occurrence of Alexithymia and Its Association with Sports Practice from a Sample of University Students: Results from a French Cross-Sectional Study

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