Relationship between alexithymia, mood and internalizing symptoms in children and young adolescents: Evidence from an Iranian sample

Rieffe, Carolien; Oosterveld, Paul; Terwogt, Mark Meerum; Novin, Sheida; Nasiri, Habib; Morteza, Latifian

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.010

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“…If a composite measure of DIF and DDF were to be considered, the internal consistency for such combined scale would be α = .75. Similar to find ings of several previous studies (Mishra et al, 2012;Rieffe et al, 2006Rieffe et al, , 2010 the EOT scale had poor reliability within the Peruvian sample.…”

Section: Descriptive Statistics and Internal Consistencysupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Results about the third subscale, EOT, demonstrate its poor functioning and low reliability, and are comparable to results of other studies (Gignac et al, 2007;Mishra et al, 2012;Rieffe et al, 2010). Difficulty identifying feelings is understood as an individual's impairment for distinguishing between feelings and bodily sensations of states of emotional arousal; and dif ficulty describing feelings is understood as an individual's impairment for communicating subjective feelings to others.…”

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confidence: 75%

“…Using this method, previous studies exploring the internal structure of the TAS-20 consistently found poor functioning of the EOT scale in both the adult and the child versions of the instrument (Gignac, Palmer, & Stough, 2007;Mishra et al, 2012;Rieffe et al, 2010;Thorberg et al, 2010). We expected to find similar results, and therefore, took an AM approach to CFA (Byrne, 2012).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…We expected to find similar results, and therefore, took an AM approach to CFA (Byrne, 2012). In line with such an approach, we estimated two different models in order to compare the theoretical three-factor structure versus the two-factor structure, based on pre vious studies (Mishra et al, 2012;Rieffe et al, 2010). The three-factor solution had a poor model fit, whereas the two-factor solution showed a good fit with the data and had only a small local misfit regarding two items.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It was originally published in English and Dutch, and has more recently been validated in Italian, Hindi, and Farsi (Di Trani et al, 2009;Mishra, Maudgal, Theunissen, & Rieffe, 2012;Rieffe et al, 2010). To date, no Spanish version has been validated.…”

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Propiedades psicométricas del cuestionario de alexitimia para niños en una muestra peruana de adolescentes

Yearwood¹,

Vliegen²,

Luyten³

et al. 2017

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5The concept of alexithymia refers to impairments in the ability to identify and communicate feelings. Alexithymia has repeatedly been linked to attachment impairments and different types of symptomatology, in particular, depression and somatic complaints. Very few studies have focused on children or adolescents when addressing this construct. Additionally, to date, there is no self-report questionnaire of alexithymia for such groups in the Spanish language. The main objectives of this study were therefore, (a) to translate and adapt the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children to Spanish; (b) to assess the factor structure of the adapted questionnaire; and (c) to describe its reliability and validity, in a sample of N = 265 Peruvian adolescents aged 11-18 years. Internal consistency was acceptable for the DIF subscale 1 Acknowledgments to Carolien Rieffe, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for providing the original Dutch and English versions of the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children and to the "Fonds Dr. Pierre Vereecken" from the University KU Leuven for providing funding for this research project.

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Section: Descriptive Statistics and Internal Consistencysupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 75%

Section: Factor Structurementioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Factor Structurementioning

confidence: 99%

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Propiedades psicométricas del cuestionario de alexitimia para niños en una muestra peruana de adolescentes

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Vliegen²,

Luyten³

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Emotion regulation in autism spectrum disorder: Where we are and where we need to go

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Research has shown that people diagnosed with autism tend to have difficulties with regulating their own emotions. This commentary article summarizes the main information from emotion regulation research conducted both in autism and in other populations. We make suggestions on how we can improve emotion regulation research in autism, with the ultimate goal being to use the learning gained from research to design effective interventions that can improve the wellbeing of people with autism.

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Sex‐specific role of alexithymia in associations between parental bonding and mental health: A moderated mediation model

Kajanoja

Karlsson

et al. 2022

J Clin Psychol

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Objective This study aimed to explore the role of alexithymia and potential sex differences in the associations between perceived parental bonding and mental health. Methods The sample consists of 2421 parents from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study who completed the parental bonding instrument, the Toronto alexithymia scale, the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale, and the anxiety subscale of the symptom checklist‐90. Moderated mediation analyses were conducted to examine the possible mediating role of alexithymia and moderating role of sex in the associations between parental bonding and depressive/anxiety symptoms. Results Alexithymia was found to be a potential mediator and sex be a moderator in the relations between perceived dysfunctional parental bonding and the psychological symptoms. Specifically, dysfunctional paternal bonding, especially paternal overprotection, had stronger indirect effects (via alexithymia) on the psychological symptoms in males. Conclusions This study indicates the importance of alexithymia in the parenting‐related mental health impacts and highlights the significance of paternal bonding for the development of alexithymia and mental health problems in male populations. The findings improve the limited understanding of sex‐related parental factors for alexithymia and mental health problems. Future studies in longitudinal designs are warranted to clarify the causal process of the mediation.

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Relationship between alexithymia, mood and internalizing symptoms in children and young adolescents: Evidence from an Iranian sample

Cited by 55 publications

References 21 publications

Propiedades psicométricas del cuestionario de alexitimia para niños en una muestra peruana de adolescentes

Propiedades psicométricas del cuestionario de alexitimia para niños en una muestra peruana de adolescentes

Emotion regulation in autism spectrum disorder: Where we are and where we need to go

Sex‐specific role of alexithymia in associations between parental bonding and mental health: A moderated mediation model

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