ArticleThe journal of headache and pain2016
Alexithymia and psychopathological symptoms in adolescent outpatients and mothers suffering from migraines: a case control study.
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- Primary headache epidemiology in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The journal of headache and pain · 2023Pooled it
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- Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability and Attachment-Related Avoidance in Pediatric Migraine: A Mediated Pathway to Somatic Symptoms Severity.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Beyond the Pain: A Critical Examination of the Psychopathological and Neuropsychological Dimensions of Primary Headaches in Pediatric Populations.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Association Between Alexithymia, Interoception, and Pain in Pediatric Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review.Integrative medicine reports · 2025Review
- Social cognition in chronic migraine with medication overuse: a cross-sectional study on different aspects of mentalization and social relationships.The journal of headache and pain · 2023Article
- Somatic, Emotional and Behavioral Symptomatology in Children during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Children's and Parents' Alexithymia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Emotional Experience and Regulation in Juvenile Primary Headaches: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Patterns of internalizing symptoms and disability functioning in children and adolescents.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2022Article
- Emotional Problems in Pediatric Headache Patients.Current pain and headache reports · 2022Review
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- Attachment to Parents and Peers and Adolescent Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Alexithymia.Community mental health journal · 2020Article
- When a Head Is about to Burst: Attachment Mediates the Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Migraine.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Alexithymia in adolescents with and without chronic pain.Rehabilitation psychology · 2019Article
- Migraine in childhood: an organic, biobehavioral, or psychosomatic disorder?Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2019Review
- Alexithymia, Metacognition, and Theory of Mind in Children and Preadolescents With Migraine Without Aura (MWoA): A Case-Control Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2019Article
- The Role of Difficulty in Identifying and Describing Feelings in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Behavior (NSSI): Associations With Perceived Attachment Quality, Stressful Life Events, and Suicidal Ideation.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- Rorschach Evaluation of Personality and Emotional Characteristics in Adolescents With Migraine Versus Epilepsy and Controls.Frontiers in neurology · 2018Article
- Headache and Alexithymia in Children and Adolescents: What Is the Connection?Frontiers in psychology · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundHeadache is a common disorder affecting a growing number of children and adolescents. In recent years, there has been an increase in scientific interest in exploring the relationship between migraine and emotional regulation, and in particular, the impact of emotional dysregulation on mental and physical health. The present study aims to explore the relationship between migraine and alexithymia among adolescents and their mothers as well as the impact of this association on mental health. An additional aim is to verify whether alexithymia may be a predictor of psychopathological symptoms in adolescents and mothers with migraines.
methodsA total of 212 subjects were involved in this study. The sample was divided into (a) Experimental Group (EG) consisting of 106 subjects (53 adolescents and 53 mothers) with a diagnosis of migraine according to International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3) and (b) Control Group (CG) including 106 subjects (53 adolescents and 53 mothers) without a diagnosis of migraine. All participants completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale to assess alexithymia and the Symptom Checklist-90-R to assess psychopathological symptoms.
resultsHigher rates of alexithymia were found in the adolescents and mothers of the EG in comparison to the adolescents and mothers of the CG. Furthermore, adolescents and mothers experiencing both migraine and alexithymia, demonstrated a higher risk of psychopathology.
conclusionsFindings from this study provide evidence that the co-occurrence of migraine and alexithymia increases the risk of psychopathology for both adolescents and their mothers.
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