Explanation of Alexithymia in Terms of Personality Dimensions in a Sample of General Population

Yekta, M Shokouhi; Beshārat, Mohammad Ali; Roknoldini, Elham

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.026

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“…Several studies underlined common characteristics between Type-D and Alexithymia constructs: both dimensions of Type D (i.e., NA and SI) and Alexithymia were positively correlated with neuroticism and negatively correlated with extroversion in general population (De Fruyt and Denollet, 2002 ; Yekta et al, 2011 ) and they were associated with anxiety and depression (Kudielka et al, 2004 ; Schiffer et al, 2008 ; Tselebis et al, 2010 ; Korkoliakou et al, 2014 ; Nekouei et al, 2014 ). Both in type D and alexithymic individuals there is a predominance of an insecure attachment style which is, for its part, associated with a deficit of affective regulation (Huis in't Veld et al, 2011 ).…”

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Type D Personality and Alexithymia: Common Characteristics of Two Different Constructs. Implications for Research and Clinical Practice

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In the last few decades, particular attention has been paid to the role of personality specific traits that can affect the loss of health, i.e., Type D personality and Alexithymia. They have been conceptualized in a different period, this means that they are different both for their theoretical positions and their empirical studies. Some authors have speculated that there is a potential conceptual overlap between Type D personality and alexithymia constructs but there is a shortcoming in the literature. The aim of the study was to examine the potential overlap between the constructs of type D personality and alexithymia, replicating previous two studies, to extend these findings to Italian population. The participants were 247 Italian adults (males = 43%), recruited in primary health care practices of Palermo. All participants did not have chronic diseases during tests administration. They ranged in age from 35 to 69 years old (M = 52.34 years, SD = 9.76). Participants were administered Type D Personality Scale (DS-14) and Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). A series of confirmatory factor analyses was performed to evaluate the factorial structure underlying the TAS-20 and DS-14 items. Globally results showed that alexithymia and type D personality are distinct constructs, but they are also strictly positively related with each other. Negative affectivity (NA) was highly correlated with Difficulties in identifying feelings and Difficulties in describing feelings, while Social inhibition (SI) was highly correlated with Difficulties in describing feelings. These results are consistent with those of other studies conducted in this area. Future research should consider evaluating the relationship between a deficit of affect regulation and type D personality to improve the effectiveness of interventions of health cure.

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“…Neuroticism, for example, is often considered a general risk factor for psychological dysfunction (Ormel, Rosmalen & Farmer, ) and may underlie, at least in part, the difficulties of alexithymic persons. Substantial research suggests that alexithymia correlates positively with trait neuroticism (Bagby et al ., ; Luminet, Bagby, Wagner, Taylor & Parker, ; Yekta, Besharat & Roknoldini, ). Understanding the vulnerabilities of alexithymic persons toward psychological dysfunction may therefore require consideration of neuroticism.…”

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The Emotion Mapping Activity: Preliminary evaluation of a mindfulness‐informed exercise to improve emotion labeling in alexithymic persons

Edwards

Shivaji

Wupperman

2018

Scandinavian J Psychology

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Alexithymia is a psychoemotional trait associated with many treatment-resistant psychological and social difficulties. Research suggests that these difficulties stem primarily from an inability to appropriately apply linguistic labels to emotional experiences and content. The present research introduces and preliminarily evaluates a novel mindfulness-informed exercise to improve emotion-labeling ability in alexithymic persons. Based in culturally universal patterns of somatic experience, the Emotion Mapping Activity (EMA) directs alexithymic persons to reflect on their internal, somatic experiences as a source of information for interpreting and labeling emotional experiences. In the present study, 67 alexithymic persons completed a series of emotion-labeling tasks either with or without assistance of the EMA. Results suggest that completion of the EMA may improve ability to label emotions that would be otherwise misinterpreted - without interfering with labeling that is already intact. Though further research is necessary, the present study suggests that the EMA may hold the potential to be incorporated into psychotherapy protocols as an exercise for improving emotion-labeling ability in alexithymic clients.

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Study of alexithymia trait based on Big-Five Personality Dimensions

Heshmati

Azmoodeh

2017

Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology

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Explanation of Alexithymia in Terms of Personality Dimensions in a Sample of General Population

Cited by 3 publications

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Type D Personality and Alexithymia: Common Characteristics of Two Different Constructs. Implications for Research and Clinical Practice

Type D Personality and Alexithymia: Common Characteristics of Two Different Constructs. Implications for Research and Clinical Practice

The Emotion Mapping Activity: Preliminary evaluation of a mindfulness‐informed exercise to improve emotion labeling in alexithymic persons

Study of alexithymia trait based on Big-Five Personality Dimensions

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