Effects of grade and gender on alexithymic tendencies in Japanese junior high school students

Tannaka, Ayumi; Terai, Kensuke; Umezawa, Akio

doi:10.4092/jsre.22.1_11

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“…The ASA [27] is a self-administered scale based on the Japanese translation of Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children (AQC) [15]. Although AQC uses a 3point response scale, we used a 5-point Likert scale to facilitate a comparison with the TAS-20 [31].…”

Section: Alexithymia Scale For Adolescents (Asa)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Japan, Moriguchi et al [6] reported that alexithymia scores in Japanese adolescents (aged 14-19) were higher than in Japanese adults. Tannaka, Terai, and Umezawa [27] found that alexithymic tendencies may increase with age even among Japanese adolescents aged 12-15 years.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…However, there is no consensus on the characteristics or changes over time in alexithymic tendencies among adolescent [15,[22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. In Finnish youths (aged 12 to 17), alexithymia scores decreased from early to mid-adolescence [25].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It has been highlighted that adolescents may not be able to accurately understand the questions of TAS-20, which is the most widely used scale in alexithymia research for adults [31], and it is therefore di cult to evaluate alexithymic tendencies in adolescents, especially among early adolescents [15,24]. Some studies created rephrased TAS-20 scales that are easier for children to understand [15,27]. However, no study have yet clari ed changes in alexithymic tendencies from early to late adolescence using an alexithymia scale developed for adolescents.…”

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Influence of Alexithymia on Somatic Complaints among Japanese Adolescents: A survey research

Tannaka¹,

Umezawa

2021

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Background The purpose of this study is to examine alexithymic tendencies in Japanese adolescents (aged 12–20) and their effects on somatic complaints. Methods Participants were Japanese adolescents (n = 2,759). Alexithymic tendencies were assessed by the Alexithymia Scale for Adolescents (ASA), and somatic complaints by the Somatic Complaint List (SCL). Results The following results were obtained. 1) ASA total scores remained at a high level from early to late adolescence. 2) Among the ASA subfactors, difficulty identifying feelings (DIF) and difficulty describing feelings (DDF), increased during adolescence, whereas externally oriented thinking (EOT) decreased; as a result, the ASA total scores remained high. 3) DIF significantly affected somatic complaints among adolescents irrespective of their academic year and gender. 4) DDF only had an effect of increasing somatic complaints in junior high and high school-aged male participants, and this effect disappeared as respondents’ age grew and they were university students. This shows that the effect of alexithymic tendencies on somatic complaints changed with age. Conclusion Compared to the results of previous studies, the results of this study showed that alexithymic tendencies among Japanese adolescents are consistently high. The study further revealed that the increasing somatic complaints were consistently influenced by DIF.

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Section: Alexithymia Scale For Adolescents (Asa)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%