SynthesisEvidence-based mental health2019
Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on alexithymia: a systematic review.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.
- Alexithymia in nurses: a context-specific concept analysis using rodgers's evolutionary methodology.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Alexithymia as a mediator between adverse childhood events and the development of psychopathology: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Self-guided mindfulness and cognitive behavioural practices reduce anxiety in autistic adults: A pilot 8-month waitlist-controlled trial of widely available online tools.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2020Trial
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- A Pilot Feasibility Study of Mindful Walking in Older Adults: Exploratory Bayesian Estimates of Psychological Distress and Alexithymia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Adult attachment insecurity and uncertain reflective functioning as mediators between traumatic experiences and alexithymia in young adults: a structural equation modeling approach.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Association between self-regulatory modes and alexithymia mediated by mindfulness and cognitive reappraisal.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Predictors of burnout and secondary traumatic stress in medical oncologists: the role of empathy and dispositional mindfulness.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- The mediating role of alexithymia in the relationship between childhood trauma and exercise addiction.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Childhood maltreatment and non-suicidal self-injury in college students:Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Psychosomatic Profiles and Their Association with Health Behaviors in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Low Disease Activity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- How Alexithymia Increases Mental Health Symptoms in Adolescence: Longitudinal Evidence for the Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation.Affective science · 2025Article
- Depression May Not Be Related to Impaired Interoceptive Sensibility: The Role of Alexithymia.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Rumination and alexithymia serially mediate the relationship between mindfulness and anxiety symptoms in Chinese university students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Neural Correlates of Alexithymia Based on Electroencephalogram (EEG)-A Mechanistic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Effects of a Body-Based Mindfulness Program on Alexithymia, Dispositional Mindfulness, and Distress Symptoms: A Pilot Clinical Trial.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring alexithymia with the French Perth alexithymia questionnaire: latent structure, profiles, and links with affective outcomes.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Alexithymia: Toward an Experimental, Processual Affective Science with Effective Interventions.Annual review of psychology · 2025Review
- Emotional blind spots and dark minds: how alexithymia and mindfulness shape the link between Dark Triad personality traits and psychopathology.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Psychological Treatments for Alexithymia: A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
questionAlexithymia has been found to be modifiable through treatment, with associated clinical benefits. Recent studies have begun to test the potential of mindfulness-based interventions to reduce alexithymia, using skills-based, group training to improve non-judgemental, present-moment awareness. The objective of this review therefore was to conduct a systematic synthesis to assess the current state of knowledge about the effect of mindfulness-based interventions on alexithymia to inform clinical practice. STUDY SELECTION AND ANALYSIS: We carried out a systematic review of the literature and found four randomised controlled trials of the effect of mindfulness-based interventions on alexithymia, with a combined total of 460 participants.
findingsA random-effects meta-analysis, combining study endpoint data, showed a statistically significant effect of mindfulness-based treatment on alexithymia (Toronto Alexithymia Scale) compared with the control group (mean difference=-5.28, 95% CI -9.28 to -1.28, p=0.010). Subgroup analysis was conducted to investigate sources of heterogeneity (I
conclusionsFindings from our study should be replicated in further research with larger samples; however, the results indicate that mindfulness-based interventions may be an effective treatment in reducing alexithymia.
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