Age is strongly associated with alexithymia in the general population

Mattila, Aino K.; Salminen, Jouko K.; Nummi, Tapio; Joukamaa, Matti

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.04.013

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“…However, we found no interaction between alexithymia and age suggesting that, while alexithymia may increase with age (Feiguine et al, 1982;Gunzelmann et al, 2002;Krystal, 1995;Mattila et al, 2006;Paradiso et al, 2008; permission has been granted for this version to appear in e-Publications@Marquette. Taylor & Francis (Routledge) does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Taylor & Francis (Routledge).…”

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“…Taylor & Francis (Routledge) does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Taylor & Francis (Routledge). 4 severity of alexithymia in older age (Feiguine, Hulihan, & Kinsman, 1982;Gunzelmann, Kupfer, & Brähler, 2002;Krystal, 1995;Mattila, Salminen, Nummi, & Joukamaa, 2006;Paradiso, Vaidya, McCormick, Jones, & Robinson, 2008;Pasini, Chiaie, Seripa, & Ciani, 1992). Despite this, researchers have yet to examine how alexithymia may influence the healthy mental functioning and emotional regulation adults exhibit as they grow older (i.e., the "positivity effect").…”

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Alexithymia impairs the cognitive control of negative material while facilitating the recall of neutral material in both younger and older adults

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Alexithymia impairs the cognitive control of negative material while facilitating the recall of neutral material in both younger and older adults

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“…[68] Yapılan araştırmalarda birçok sosyopatın, [69] aynı zamanda genel popü-lasyondaki bazı insanların da aleksitimik özellikler gösterdiği bulunmuş-tur. [6,70,71] Aleksitimi üzerine yapılan araştırmalar, aleksitimiyi erkekler, ileri yaş, düşük eğitim düzeyi ve düşük ekonomik statü ile de ilişkilendirmek-tedir. [72] Aleksitimik özelliklerin böylesi geniş bir popülasyonda görülüyor olması, Marty ve arkadaşlarının ileri sürdüğü gibi, duygusal zorlukların "gü-nümüz kişiliği"nin bir parçası olup olmadığı sorusunu gündeme getirmektedir.[akt.…”

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The Concept of Alexithymia

Şaşıoğlu¹,

Gülol²,

Tosun³

2013

Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar - Current Approaches in Psychia

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ÖZET"Duygular için söz yokluğu" anlamına gelen ve psikiyatri çevrelerince hızla kabul görmüş bir kavram olan aleksitimi, başlangıçta psikosomatik hastalardaki belirtileri açıklamak için ortaya atılmıştır. Ancak güncel çalışmalar aleksitiminin birçok farklı patolojik grupta ve hatta sağlıklı popülasyonda da karşımı-za çıkan bir kişilik özelliği olabileceğini ortaya koymuştur. Bu noktada aleksitimi kavramının var olan yapı ve tanılardan ayrılması ve gerek kuramsal gerekse ölçümsel anlamda güvenirlik ve geçerliğine yönelik soru işaretlerinin ortadan kalkması için birçok araştırma yapılmıştır. Bu kuramsal derleme çalışma-sında da, kavram üzerinde süre giden tartışmaların günümüzde ne noktada olduğu sorusuna yanıt aranmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, aleksitimi kavramı; özel-likleri, kuramsal temelleri, diğer bozukluklarla ilişkisi ve ölçümü boyutlarında incelenmekte; hem ölçüme hem de kavrama yönelik eleştiriler ele alınmıştır. Anahtar Sözcükler: Aleksitimi, patoloji, nörofizyoloji, psikanaliz. ABSTRACTThe concept of alexithymia, which means "no words for emotions", emerged in order to explain the symptoms of psychosomatic patients and gained a quick recognition among psychiatrists. However, current studies indicate that alexithymia may be a personality trait seen both in different pathological groups and even in healthy population. At this point, many researches have been made in order to distinguish alexithymia from existing constructs and diagnosis, and to remove the questions on reliability and validity of the concept and its measurement. Ongoing discussions on alexithymia will be reviewed in this study. The controversial concept of alexithymia will be examined in terms of characteristics, theoretical background, relationship with the other disorders, measurement and the critique of the measurement and the concept.

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“…Con respecto al análisis de las variables sociodemográficas, nuestros resultados tienden a ser consistentes con la mayoría de los trabajos que han evidenciado un incremento de los rasgos alexitímicos con la edad (eg., Hauwell-Fantini y Pedinielli, 2008;Lane, Sechrest, y Riedel, 1998;Henry et al 2006;Salminen et al, 2006;Onor et al, 2010). En nuestro caso, los rasgos en los que hemos encontrado dicho incremento han sido la dificultad para identificar sentimientos y el patrón de pensamiento orientado a lo externo.…”

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“…En el caso concreto de la edad, si bien no todos los resultados de las investigaciones son consistentes (Gunzelman, Kupfer, y Brähler, 2002), parece que la alexitimia se incrementa especialmente en la edad adulta (Henry et al, 2006;Joukamaa, Saarijärvi, Muuriaisniemi, y Salokangas, 1996;Lindholm, Lehtinen, y Hyppa, 1990;Mattila, Salminen, Nummi, y Joukamaa, 2006;Onor, Trevisiol, Spano, Aguglia, y Paradiso, 2010;Pasini, Chiaie, Seripa, y Ciani, 1992;Salminen, Saarijärvi, Aärelä, Toikka, y Kauhanen, 1999). Una de las argumentaciones que se da para explicar esta relación ha sido que el comportamiento alexitímico puede ser más pronunciado en la edad avanzada por el declive que se produce en la percepción de las emociones durante la vejez (Henry et al, 2006), si bien no hay investigaciones empíricas que intenten evidenciar esta explicación.…”

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Estudio comparativo de alexitimia en personas institucionalizadas versus aula de mayores

García-Sevilla¹,

Méndez²,

Bermúdez³

et al. 2016

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La experiencia y regulación de las emociones son aspectos que están adquiriendo mayor importancia a la hora de entender y fomentar el bienestar y la calidad de vida de las personas mayores. El objetivo del presente estudio ha sido llevar a cabo un estudio comparativo de la alexitimia en usuarios pertenecientes a un centro institucionalizado de personas mayores y alumnos matriculados en el aula de mayores. Los participantes del estudio fueron 43 personas institucionalizadas y 48 personas pertenecientes al aula de mayores con una media de edad de 69.30 años y una desviación típica de 66.50. El instrumento utilizado fue la versión adaptada del TAS-20. Los resultados mostraron que las personas institucionalizadas puntuaban más alto en la dificultad para identificar sentimientos, dificultad para describir sentimientos así como en el patrón de pensamiento orientado a lo externo. El sexo fue indiferente en la dificultad para identificar sentimientos, en la dificultad para describir sentimientos así como en el patrón orientado a lo externo. En cuanto a la edad, se encontró una relación con la dificultad para identificar sentimientos y el patrón de pensamiento orientado a lo externo. El estudio permite concluir que la alexitimia se ve influida por el hecho de que la persona mayor se encuentre en un centro institucionalizado.Palabras clave: Alexitimia, institucionalizado, aula mayores, estudio comparativo. Comparative study of alexithymia in institutionalized elderly versus senior classroom.Experience and emotion regulation are issues that are increasingly important in order to understand and promote the welfare and quality of life of elderly. The aim of this study was to conduct a comparative study of the alexithymia in users in an institutionalized center and students enrolled in a senior classroom. Study participants were 43 people hospitalized and 48 from the senior older with an average age of 69.30 years and a standard deviation of 66.50. The instrument used was the adapted version of the TAS-20. The results showed that institutionalized people scored higher on the difficulty in identifying feelings, difficulty in describing feelings and in the pattern of externallyoriented thinking. Sex was indifferent to the difficulty in identifying feelings, difficulty in describing feelings as well as externally-oriented pattern. In terms of age, a relationship was found with the difficulty in identifying feelings and externally oriented thought patterns. The study allows us to conclude that alexithymia is influenced by the fact that the elderly person is in an institutionalized center.

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Age is strongly associated with alexithymia in the general population

Cited by 307 publications

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Alexithymia impairs the cognitive control of negative material while facilitating the recall of neutral material in both younger and older adults

Alexithymia impairs the cognitive control of negative material while facilitating the recall of neutral material in both younger and older adults

The Concept of Alexithymia

Estudio comparativo de alexitimia en personas institucionalizadas versus aula de mayores

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