Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of alexithymia in a population sample of young adults

Kokkonen, Pirkko; Karvonen, Juha T.; Veijola, Juha; Läksy, Kristian; Jokelainen, Jari; Järvelin, Marjo‐Riitta; Joukamaa, Matti

doi:10.1053/comp.2001.27892

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“…Borderline subjects Alexithymic subjects By analysing the results obtained by TAS 20 according to demographical variations, there were no significant differences between the scores according to sex, age of participants, marital status; but on the other hand, it was highlighted that subjects with a lower level of education obtained on average the highest results (K =9, 53 p.05), in agreement with some data in literature (Kokkonen et al, 2001;Posse et al, 2002). With regards to the hypothesis of the choice of sport and its motivation, these are confirmed both when considering the group of alexithymia addicted subjects, as compared with the previously reported data by EDS, and the group of non-addicted alexithymia subjects.…”

Section: Non Alexithymic Subjectssupporting

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Exercise Addiction and Alexithymia

Manfredi¹,

Gambarini²

2015

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Before presenting this investigation on exercise addiction and alexithymia, the topic of addiction is introduced by recalling a few terminological distinctions and some questions on aetiology. The investigation is focused on the relationship between alexithymia and other forms of addiction and between sporting activity and alexithymia. The sample of research consider 137 subjects attending various gyms in the city. The hypothesis are the following: 1 Existence of a correlation between alexithymia and exercise addiction. 2 Propensity of alexithymics and addicteds subjects for individual sports and repetitive exercises. 3: Motivations to practice sport not articulated and without affective quality. The results has confirmed the hypothesis.

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Section: Non Alexithymic Subjectssupporting

confidence: 89%

Exercise Addiction and Alexithymia

Manfredi¹,

Gambarini²

2015

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“…In this same set of birth cohort data, it has previously been possible to show that the prevalence of alexithymia was higher in men (9.4%) than in women (5.2%). 61 Further, since alcohol abuse and violent behavior, for example, can be signs of psychosocial distress, 62 we think that 'masked depression' might be a manifestation of minor depression in predominantly men rather than in women.…”

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Atopy and depression: results from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study

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Several studies have suggested an association between IgE-mediated atopic allergies and depression. The present study extends our understanding about putative gender differences of this association and provides further epidemiological evidence for our previous finding that the association between atopy and depression may be characteristic for females only. In order to clearly determine the presence of atopic disorders and depression, we used more valid tools than had been employed earlier and we had access to a database (the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort), in which individuals were followed up prospectively until the age of 31 years. The information on allergic symptoms, verified by skin-prick tests and comprising data of 5518 individuals, was used to ascertain the presence of atopy. Depression was assessed with the help of Hopkins' Symptom Checklist-25 and self-reported doctor-diagnosed depression. After adjusting for a father's social class, mother's parity, and place of residence, logistic regression analyses showed that the risk of developing depression increased in parallel with the increasing severity of depression and, when compared with nonatopic subjects, was 3.0 to 4.7-fold up in atopic females and statistically significant. In atopic males, the association between atopy and depression was statistically significant only in the highest depression scores, the odds ratio being 6.3-fold. The results indicate that females suffering from atopic diseases might possess an elevated risk of developing depression already during early adulthood. In males, the association between these two disorders is evident only among the most severe manifestations of depression. Possible background theories, that is, genetic abnormalities in serotonin metabolism, HPA-axis dysfunction, and histamine theory are discussed.

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“…Indeed, so-called alexithymia-that is, difficulties in identifying and describing one's own feelings (Herbert, Herbert, & Pollatos, 2011;Parker, Keefer, Taylor, & Bagby, 2008;Taylor, Bagby, & Parker, 1991), is regarded as a stable personality trait expressed with varying degrees in the general population (Kokkonen et al, 2001;Salminen, Saarijarvi, Aarela, Toikka, & Kauhanen, 1999). High levels of alexithymia are prevalent in about 10 % of the general population and increase the risk for a number of psychiatric disorders (Taylor, Bagby, & Parker, 1997).…”

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Error monitoring is related to processing internal affective states

Maier

Scarpazza

Starita

et al. 2016

Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci

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Detecting behavioral errors is critical for optimizing performance. Here, we tested whether error monitoring is enhanced in emotional task contexts, and whether this enhancement depends on processing internal affective states. Event-related potentials were recorded in individuals with low and high levels of alexithymia-that is, individuals with difficulties identifying and describing their feelings. We administered a face word Stroop paradigm (Egner, Etkin, Gale, & Hirsch, 2008) in which the task was to classify emotional faces either with respect to their expression (happy or fearful; emotional task set) or with respect to their gender (female or male; neutral task set). The error-related negativity, a marker of rapid error monitoring, was enhanced in individuals with low alexithymia when they adopted the emotional task set. By contrast, individuals with high alexithymia did not show such an enhancement. Moreover, in the high-alexithymia group, the difference in the error-related negativities between the emotional and neutral task sets correlated negatively with difficulties identifying their own feelings, as measured by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. These results show that errormonitoring activity is stronger in emotional task contexts and that this enhancement depends on processing internal affective states.

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Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of alexithymia in a population sample of young adults

Cited by 192 publications

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Exercise Addiction and Alexithymia

Exercise Addiction and Alexithymia

Atopy and depression: results from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study

Error monitoring is related to processing internal affective states

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