“…First studied in classical psychosomatic or somatic disorders, alexithymia is known today as a personality trait (Martínez-Sánchez, Ato, Córcoles, Huedo, & Selva, 1998;Martínez-Sánchez, Ato, & Ortiz, 2003), normally distributed in the general population with significantly higher levels in male subjects (Franz et al, 2008;Schimmenti, 2016). A high level of alexithymia is considered as a possible vulnerability factor for a variety of psychiatric disorders and physical illnesses (Taylor, Bagby, & Parker, 1997), such as substance use disorders, somatization, anxiety and depression, and even schizophrenia (Lumley, Neely, & Burger, 2007).…”