Abstract: Alexithymia is a subclinical experience in which individuals struggle to identify, distinguish, and describe their own emotions. It is most commonly measured with the self-reported Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20). However, ...
Abstract: The psychometric quality and factorial structure of a German version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) was examined in a students sample (N = 228). In an additional student sample (N = 170) we studied the correlations of TAS-subscales with ...
Traumatic Life Events and Present Stress Disorders of Elderly People in Need of CareSummary: The aim of this study was to interview elderly citizens, who were in need of care, about their recollection of traumatic life experiences (TLEQ), and to screen ...
Zusammenfassung: Ziel der Studie war es, ehemalige deutsche Frontkrankenschwestern zu Erinnerungen an traumatische Lebenserfahrungen - vor allem während des Einsatzes im Zweiten Weltkrieg - zu befragen, und ein Screening zu Symptomen der Posttraumatischen ...
Alexithymia is associated with impaired recognition of emotional faces in psychiatric patientsIt is proposed that a dysfunctional cognitive processing of emotion is the underlying pathophysiological correlate of alexithymia. Further, there is some ...
Alexithymic characteristics and QoL – A cross-sectional study of 79 patients with anxiety disordersIt is well known that alexithymic patients report lower levels of quality of life (QoL) when compared to normal population. Until now this association was ...
Alexithymia, traumatic stress and posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings from the general populationTheoretical models and empirical findings have suggested a relationship between alexithymia, traumatic experiences and posttraumatic stress disorder (...
Alexithymia in Alcoholics after WithdrawalSituation: Alexithymia, which is described as a certain
cognitive affective pattern being characterized by
a non-emotional operational way of thinking is more
and more often found in alcoholics and drug ...
Perceiving the feelings of oneself and others: Construction and validation of scales assessing the attention to and the clarity of feelingsAbstract. Recognizing one’s own feelings and the feelings of others is an important aspect of emotional competence. ...
Measuring the Vividness of Mental Images: An Adaptation and Validation of German Versions of the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ) and the Plymouth Sensory Imagery Questionnaire (PSI-Q)Abstract. Mental imagery refers to ...
Alexithymia: Emotional skill deficit or inhibition of emotional experiencing?Abstract.Background:Alexithymia refers to a reduced ability to identify and describe emotions. It is still unclear whether alexithymia ...
Abstract.Background: Alexithymia, an inability to identify or describe emotions, is associated with suicidality yet the correlation with single or repeated suicide attempts is less clear. Aims: We aimed to assess ...
Abstract Compared to normals or low alexithymics, high alexithymic subjects show a modified psychophysiological reactivity under experimental stress. This study aims to differentiate these effects under different load conditions (mental vs. emotional load,...
Abstract. This study examines the relationship between alexithymia, impulsiveness, locus of control, irrational beliefs, and both the domain and the facet levels of the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality in a sample of 136 undergraduate students by ...
Abstract.Background: The goal of this study was to investigate whether the results of assessments of alexithymia based on a self-report questionnaire, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS), correlates with those based on drawing content in the Wartegg ...
The internal reliability as well as structural, convergent, and divergent validity of the Temperament and Character Inventory, brief 140-item version (TCI-140) in Hebrew were examined. The TCI-140 was translated, independently backtranslated, and revised. ...
Objectives: To examine the psychometric properties of the 14-item Type D Scale (DS14) in Hebrew, and to estimate the prevalence of Type D personality (high negative affectivity and social inhibition) in Israeli adults. Methods: 1,350 consecutive community ...
Abstract. The alexithymia construct is commonly measured with the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), with more than 20 different language translations. Despite replication of the factor structure, however, it cannot be assumed ...
Abstract. Alexithymia can be defined as difficulties in describing one’s emotions and is of interest within clinical and developmental psychology as a potential mediating and exacerbating factor across multiple forms of psychopathology. ...
Abstract. Although recent studies have investigated the effect of alexithymia on moral judgments, such an effect remains elusive. Furthermore, moral judgments have been conflated with the moral inclinations ...