Alexithymia, social support, psycho-social stress and mental health in a female population

Posse, M.; Hällström, Tore; Backenroth-Ohsako, Gunnel

doi:10.1080/080394802760322088

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“…Furthermore, we find that DDF and interpersonal distrust independently predicted both social and family loneliness. This supports previous findings that alexithymics generally have lower levels of social support (Posse, Hällström, & Backenroth‐Ohsako, 2002) and a variety of dysfunctional family characteristics (Lumley, Mader, Gramzow, & Papineau, 1996), such as low affective involvement and poor problem solving. It is likely that these factors form both a causal and maintenance relationship.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Loneliness, Interpersonal Distrust, and Alexithymia in University Students¹

Qualter¹,

Quinton²,

Wagner³

et al. 2009

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Loneliness has been linked to emotional knowledge and interpersonal distrust, but it is unknown whether it is mediated or moderated by these variables. Using self‐report measures, the relationship between loneliness, interpersonal distrust, and alexithymia was investigated in undergraduate students (N = 224). Analyses showed a direct relationship between alexithymia and social, family, and romantic loneliness. We also found that interpersonal distrust partly mediates this relationship, and that alexithymia and interpersonal distrust interacted to predict social and family loneliness. These findings suggest that links between the different facets of alexithymia, interpersonal distrust, and loneliness are complex and multifaceted, and they are discussed with regard to interventions for young adults.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Loneliness, Interpersonal Distrust, and Alexithymia in University Students¹

Qualter¹,

Quinton²,

Wagner³

et al. 2009

J Applied Social Pyschol

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“…Borderline subjects Alexithymic subjects By analysing the results obtained by TAS 20 according to demographical variations, there were no significant differences between the scores according to sex, age of participants, marital status; but on the other hand, it was highlighted that subjects with a lower level of education obtained on average the highest results (K =9, 53 p.05), in agreement with some data in literature (Kokkonen et al, 2001;Posse et al, 2002). With regards to the hypothesis of the choice of sport and its motivation, these are confirmed both when considering the group of alexithymia addicted subjects, as compared with the previously reported data by EDS, and the group of non-addicted alexithymia subjects.…”

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confidence: 79%

Exercise Addiction and Alexithymia

Manfredi¹,

Gambarini²

2015

JPBS

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Before presenting this investigation on exercise addiction and alexithymia, the topic of addiction is introduced by recalling a few terminological distinctions and some questions on aetiology. The investigation is focused on the relationship between alexithymia and other forms of addiction and between sporting activity and alexithymia. The sample of research consider 137 subjects attending various gyms in the city. The hypothesis are the following: 1 Existence of a correlation between alexithymia and exercise addiction. 2 Propensity of alexithymics and addicteds subjects for individual sports and repetitive exercises. 3: Motivations to practice sport not articulated and without affective quality. The results has confirmed the hypothesis.

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“…Moreover, the rate of alexithymia did not change when the severity of pain or the level of depression were controlled for FM patients, showing that alexithymia in the FM sample examined was independent of depression or pain. Pedrosa-Gil et al (2008) also found a higher prevalence of alexithymia in a sample of female FM patients (15%) compared to values observed in non-clinical populations (7.9%; Posse et al, 2002). In addition, they highlighted the presence of a possible relation between dysfunctional emotional regulation, the core feature of alexithymia, and problematic early relationships in the parental bonding process in FM patients.…”

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Alexithymia and fibromyalgia: clinical evidence

Tella

Castelli

2013

Front. Psychol.

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This review proposes a critical discussion of the latest studies investigating the presence of alexithymia in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and its relation to other psychological disorders. The focus is on the most relevant literature exploring the relationship between FM, a chronic pain syndrome, and alexithymia, an affective dysregulation, largely observed in psychosomatic diseases. The articles were selected from the Medline/Pubmed database using the search terms “Fibromyalgia,” “Alexithymia,” and “Psychological Distress.” Of the seven studies fulfilling these criteria, one found no differences between FM patients and the control group, four found significant differences, with higher levels of alexithymia in the FM sample, while two showed unclear results. Overall, the majority of findings highlighted the high prevalence of alexithymia in FM patients. Future studies should clarify the role of alexithymia in FM, paying attention to two principal aspects: the use, as a control group, of patients with chronic pain conditions but a low psychosomatic component, and the use of other measures, in addition to the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), to assess alexithymia.

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Alexithymia, social support, psycho-social stress and mental health in a female population

Abstract: Alexithymics in this study showed a lack of social support and a proneness to high levels of negative emotion and to social distress.

Cited by 44 publications

References 26 publications

Loneliness, Interpersonal Distrust, and Alexithymia in University Students¹

Loneliness, Interpersonal Distrust, and Alexithymia in University Students¹

Exercise Addiction and Alexithymia

Alexithymia and fibromyalgia: clinical evidence

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Abstract: Alexithymics in this study showed a lack of social support and a proneness to high levels of negative emotion and to social distress.

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