Alexithymia and Emotional Processing: A Mediation Model

Silva, Ana Nunes da; Vasco, António Branco; Watson, Jeanne C.

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“…Alexithymia has also been linked with reduced empathy (e.g. Bird et al, 2010;Grynberg, Luminet, Corneille, Grèzes, & Berthoz, 2010), impaired ability to process emotions displayed by others (Cook, Brewer, Shah, & Bird, 2013;Grynberg et al, 2012), and difficulties in emotion regulation (da Silva et al, 2017;Swart, Kortekaas, & Aleman, 2009).…”

Section: Relationship Between Alexithymia Parenting Style and Aggresmentioning

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Relationship between Parenting Style, Alexithymia and Aggression in Emerging Adults

McErlean

Lim

2019

Journal of Family Issues

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Alexithymia has been linked to reduced emotional awareness and increased aggression. One line of evidence suggests that authoritarian parenting contributes to the development of alexithymia. To elucidate the relationship between experienced parenting style, alexithymia and aggression the Parental Authority Questionnaire, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Buss–Perry Aggression Questionnaire were administered to a group of emerging adults. Current findings show a positive relationship between: (i) authoritarian parenting style and alexithymia, (ii) alexithymia and aggression, iii) authoritarian parenting style and aggression. This study also found that paternal authoritarian parenting predicted alexithymia and aggression when controlling for maternal authoritarian style, but not the other way round. In addition, alexithymia mediated the relationship between paternal authoritarian parenting and aggression when controlling for maternal authoritarian style suggesting that elevated alexithymia which is likely to be a consequence of authoritarian parenting, especially when it is practiced by a father, contributes to increased aggression in adulthood.

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Section: Relationship Between Alexithymia Parenting Style and Aggresmentioning

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Relationship between Parenting Style, Alexithymia and Aggression in Emerging Adults

McErlean

Lim

2019

Journal of Family Issues

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“…Does thinking of specific emotional processes help in psychotherapy? We have conducted a study (Silva, Vasco, & Watson, 2017 ) that attempted to investigate the associations among alexithymia, emotional awareness, emotional differentiation and emotion regulation in order to identify better ways to assist alexithymic patients in psychotherapy. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test a mediation model in clinical and non-clinical samples.…”

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Alexithymia and emotional processing: a longitudinal mixed methods research

Silva

Vasco

Watson

2018

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Alexithymia has been associated with poor outcomes in psychotherapy. This association has been attributed to a difficulty in patients processing emotions and engaging in emotional tasks. The possibility of alexithymia being modified by psychotherapy remains a topic of great debate but with little empirical research. In this study a mixed methods longitudinal design was used to better understand alexithymia, emotional processing and change process in psychotherapy. Twelve clients, five with alexithymia, were studied considering the development of alexithymia, emotional awareness, differentiation, regulation and severity of symptoms. The reliable change index was used to interpret the evolution of those emotional variables' scores for each case and thematic analysis was used to analyze individual interviews. Thematic analysis generated several themes, organized in two broad domains: i) perception of emotions and ii) description of change. The three alexithymic patients that changed in alexithymia also changed in at least one of the emotional variables â€“ lack of emotional awareness, emotion differentiation or emotion regulation. Generally, alexithymic patients were able to accomplish change in psychotherapy although they had a tendency to focus on physical complaints, describe changes in a more rational rather than emotional way and present vaguer descriptions of their problems. These results point that alexithymia may change through therapy and reinforces that those changes are associated with improved emotional processing.

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“…Accordingly, creating positive emotions in athletes should be effective for the prevention or reduction of burnout (Gustafsson et al, 2015). However, difficulty with emotional awareness and discernment mediates the relationship between alexithymic tendencies and emotional control (Silva et al, 2017). People with these characteristics are prone to behaviors that are influenced by the external environment and stimuli, leading to over-adaptation (Nemiah, 1978).…”

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The role of mindfulness in performance and mental health among Japanese athletes: An examination of the relationship between alexithymic tendencies, burnout, and performance

Amemiya¹,

Sakairi²

2019

jhse

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between mindfulness, alexithymia, burnout, and performance efficacy among athletes by means of a longitudinal survey. Participants were 125 university athletes (74 men, 50 women, 1 unknown gender; mean age: 19.84 years, SD = 1.04) who completed a survey comprising the Athlete Mindfulness Questionnaire, Sport Alexithymia Scale, Burnout Scale for University Athletes, and Psychological Performance Efficacy Scale (on which they assessed both themselves and a teammate) at three time points separated by two-month intervals. Mindfulness was found to be negatively correlated with burnout, both directly and in an indirect relationship mediated by alexithymic tendencies; mindfulness was also positively and directly associated with self-evaluation of performance, and indirectly positively associated with performance as evaluated by a teammate, via burnout. Structural equation modeling showed that the hypothesized model represented an acceptable fit to the data, based on several indices. Our findings suggest that mindfulness may help to enhance performance and reduce future burnout among athletes.

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Alexithymia and Emotional Processing: A Mediation Model

Cited by 34 publications

References 34 publications

Relationship between Parenting Style, Alexithymia and Aggression in Emerging Adults

Relationship between Parenting Style, Alexithymia and Aggression in Emerging Adults

Alexithymia and emotional processing: a longitudinal mixed methods research

The role of mindfulness in performance and mental health among Japanese athletes: An examination of the relationship between alexithymic tendencies, burnout, and performance

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