ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2019
Alexithymia and Its Associations With Depression, Suicidality, and Aggression: An Overview of the Literature.
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75 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effect of alexithymia on depression: evidence from meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Alexithymia as a mediator between adverse childhood events and the development of psychopathology: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Alexithymia and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
- The dynamic interplay between anxiety-related, psychotic, and suicidal experiences: a qualitative study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Longitudinal Associations of Active Versus Passive TikTok Use with Depression: A Chain Mediation Model of Autistic Traits and Self-Esteem.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cognitive Distortions and Alexithymia: A Cross-Sectional Study of Their Association.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Anxiety statistically mediates the association between stress and difficulty identifying feelings while depression shows no effect: a cross-sectional study in college students.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Emotion Regulation in Families: Exploring the Link between Parent-Child Alexithymia and Child Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Disruptive behavior in preschoolers: associations with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and parental psychopathology.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Independent role of alexithymia on weight loss outcomes in obese women: a six month follow-up study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Identifying an oculomotor phenotype for adolescent depression with an interleaved pro- and anti-saccade task.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Using Digital Phenotypes to Identify Individuals With Alexithymia in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Alexithymia: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Silent Burden: Understanding Alexithymia and Its Correlation With University Student Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in a Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- NSSI contagion in adolescent friendships: exploring the impact of peer influence.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Restless Legs Syndrome and Impulsive Decision-Making: Impact of Symptom Severity, Chronotype and Interoception.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2025Article
- Exploring the impact of traditional Chinese martial arts and other martial arts on adolescent aggression: a comparative analysis of underlying mechanisms.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Perceptual sensitivity to labeling stereotyped emotion expressions: Associations with age and subclinical psychopathology symptoms from childhood through early adulthood.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Investigating the Effects of Transdiagnostic Processes on Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Autistic Young People: the Mediating Role of Emotion Dysregulation.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- The effect of perceived parental rejection on depression in high school students: the chain mediating role of rumination and alexithymia.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Depression affects around 4-10% of the general population in England. Depression can often lead to behaviors and thoughts related to suicide and aggression, which have a social and economic burden to the United Kingdom. One construct that has been theorized as having an association with these behaviors is alexithymia. People with alexithymia have difficulties identifying and describing their emotional experiences. To date, there is no consensus on types or causes of alexithymia. Whilst the literature evidences a strong relationship between alexithymia and suicidality and aggression, little is known about the nature of this relationship. The present article will attempt to describe the extant literature on this relationship, drawing out some of the contentions and unanswered questions.
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