ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2018
Alexithymia and Somatosensory Amplification Link Perceived Psychosocial Stress and Somatic Symptoms in Outpatients with Psychosomatic Illness.
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- Somatosensory Amplification Scale-Chinese version: psychometric properties and its mediating role in the relationship between alexithymia and somatization.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Alexithymia, Anger, Sensitivity to Mild Bodily Sensations and Personality Characteristics of Restless Legs Syndrome Patients: A Case-control Study.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Alexithymia, Burnout, and Hopelessness in a Large Sample of Healthcare Workers during the Third Wave of COVID-19 in Italy.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Alexithymia is associated with insomnia in Chinese patients with schizophrenia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- The relationship between alexithymia, depression, anxiety, and stress in elderly with multiple chronic conditions in China: a network analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Alexithymia and asthma: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Do alexithymia and negative affect predict poor sleep quality? The moderating role of interoceptive sensibility.PloS one · 2022Article
- Differences of medically unexplained symptoms among patients of different ages and sexes in the psychological clinic of a general hospital and the influencing factors of MUS: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Impact of symptom focusing and somatosensory amplification on persistent physical symptoms: A three-year follow-up study.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2020Article
- Heart Rate Variability and Perceived Stress as Measurements of Relaxation Response.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- Mentalizing self and others: A controlled study investigating the relationship between alexithymia and theory of mind in major depressive disorder.Indian journal of psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPsychosomatic patients often complain of a variety of somatic symptoms. We sought to clarify the role of clinical predictors of complaints of somatic symptoms.
methodsWe enrolled 604 patients visiting a psychosomatic outpatient clinic. The outcome was the total number of somatic symptoms, and the candidate clinical predictors were perceived psychosocial stress, alexithymia, somatosensory amplification, adaptation, anxiety, and depression. All participants completed questionnaires assessing the outcome and the predictors.
resultsThe average number of reported somatic symptoms was 4.8; the most frequent was fatigue (75.3%), followed by insomnia (56.1%), low-back pain (49.5%), headache (44.7%), and palpitations (43.1%). Multiple regression analysis showed that the total number of somatic symptoms was significantly associated with the degree of perceived psychosocial stress, alexithymia, somatosensory amplification, and depression. Also, structural equation models indicated links between excessive adaptation (via perceived psychosocial stress, alexithymia, and somatosensory amplification) and the total number of somatic symptoms.
conclusionThe results suggested that the association between psychosocial stress and reported somatic symptoms is mediated by alexithymia and somatosensory amplification in psychosomatic patients.
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