“…Alexithymia is a trait in which individuals have a reduced ability to regulate, identify, and communicate feelings or emotions (Franz, Schaefer, Schneider, Sitte, & Bachor, 2004;Sifneos, 1973). Importantly, alexithymia seems to be characterized by an emotion regulation style overreliant on suppression, rather than reappraisal, strategies (e.g., Dimsdale et al, 1986;Franz et al, 2004;Grabe et al, 2004;Kessler, Kammerer, Hoffmann, & Traue, 2010;Richter et al, 2006;Swart, Kortekaas, & Aleman, 2009). For instance, Kessler et al found a positive relationship between TAS scores and individual differences in expressive suppression.…”