Does alexithymia expose to mental disorder symptoms in late adolescence? A 4-year follow-up study

Karukivi, Max; Vahlberg, Tero; Pölönen, Tuukka; Filppu, Tiina; Saarijärvi, Simo

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.09.012

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“…Despite marked methodological differences, the results were somewhat similar: those subtypes with high scores in DIF, as opposed to EOT, were associated with higher self-reported psychiatric symptom severity and mental distress. [34] This is in line with studies that have examined the association between individual subscales of alexithymia and psychiatric symptoms: DIF seems to have the A C C E P T E D M A N U S C R I P T strongest, and EOT the weakest association with psychopathology [35][36][37]. Finally, Ueno et al (2014) conducted a cluster analysis on 2188 healthy individuals.…”

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Illuminating the clinical significance of alexithymia subtypes: A cluster analysis of alexithymic traits and psychiatric symptoms

Kajanoja

Scheinin

Karlsson

et al. 2017

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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Illuminating the clinical significance of alexithymia subtypes: A cluster analysis of alexithymic traits and psychiatric symptoms

Kajanoja

Scheinin

Karlsson

et al. 2017

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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“…In line with this view, there are consistent reports of increased anxiety, particularly panic disorder, among non-ASD individuals with elevated alexithymia (Bankier et al 2001;Berthoz et al 1999;Marchesi et al 2005). Additionally, one prospective longitudinal study found that higher alexithymia in early adolescence was associated with the development of an anxiety disorder four years later (Karukivi et al 2014).…”

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Alexithymia in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Its Relationship to Internalising Difficulties, Sensory Modulation and Social Cognition

Milosavljevic

Leno

Simonoff

et al. 2015

J Autism Dev Disord

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Alexithymia is a personality trait frequently found in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and has been linked to impairments in emotion recognition and empathy. The presentation of alexithymia within ASD at younger ages remains unexplored, and was examined in the present study. Alexithymia rates were significantly elevated in ASD (55%; 31/56 scoring above cut-off) versus non-ASD adolescents (16%; 5/32 scoring above cut-off).Within individuals with ASD, alexithymia was associated with increased self-reported anxiety, parent-reported emotional difficulties, self-reported sensory processing atypicalities, and poorer emotion recognition, but was not associated with theory of mind ability. Overall, our results suggest that alexithymia is highly prevalent, and has selective cognitive correlates in young people with ASD.

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“…Several studies conducted on adolescent samples explored the relationship between alexithymia and psychopathology. Among late adolescents, alexithymia appears to be closely linked to anxiety symptoms in cross-sectional studies (Karukivi, Hautala, Kaleva et al, 2010) as well as in longitudinal ones (Karukivi, Vahlberg, P€ ol€ onen, Filppu & Saarij€ arvi, 2014): in particular, difficulty in identifying feelings seems to predict later anxiety disorders. Although in this late adolescent sample from the general population, alexithymia appears to be related to alcohol consumption and to depressive symptoms (Karukivi, Hautala, Kaleva et al, 2010;Karukivi et al, 2014), four years later neither alcohol abuse nor depression but only anxiety disorders seem to be predicted by alexithymic features (Karukivi et al, 2014).…”

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Alexithymia and psychosocial problems among Italian preadolescents. A latent class analysis approach

Mannarini

Balottin

Toldo

et al. 2016

Scandinavian J Psychology

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The study, conducted on Italian preadolscents aged 11 to 13 belonging to the general population, aims to investigate the relationship between the emotional functioning, namely, alexithymia, and the risk of developing behavioral and emotional problems measured using the Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire. The latent class analysis approach allowed to identify two latent variables, accounting for the internalizing (emotional symptoms and difficulties in emotional awareness) and for the externalizing problems (conduct problems and hyperactivity, problematic relationships with peers, poor prosocial behaviors and externally oriented thinking). The two latent variables featured two latent classes: the difficulty in dealing with problems and the strength to face problems that was representative of most of the healthy participants with specific gender differences. Along with the analysis of psychopathological behaviors, the study of resilience and strengths can prove to be a key step in order to develop valuable preventive approaches to tackle psychiatric disorders.

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Does alexithymia expose to mental disorder symptoms in late adolescence? A 4-year follow-up study

Cited by 25 publications

References 51 publications

Illuminating the clinical significance of alexithymia subtypes: A cluster analysis of alexithymic traits and psychiatric symptoms

Illuminating the clinical significance of alexithymia subtypes: A cluster analysis of alexithymic traits and psychiatric symptoms

Alexithymia in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Its Relationship to Internalising Difficulties, Sensory Modulation and Social Cognition

Alexithymia and psychosocial problems among Italian preadolescents. A latent class analysis approach

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