ArticleRehabilitation psychology2019
Alexithymia in adolescents with and without chronic pain.
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- Efficacy and safety of duloxetine in chronic musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Family History of Chronic Pain: What Impact Does It Have on Current Clinical Status? Results From an Italian Study.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- The Association Between Alexithymia, Interoception, and Pain in Pediatric Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review.Integrative medicine reports · 2025Review
- Psychological Treatments for Alexithymia: A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Gender Diversity Among Youth Attending an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2024Article
- [Emotional competence of patients with chronic pain : A self- and third-party assessment].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2024Article
- Chronic Pain in Autistic Youth: Clinical Prevalence and Reflections on Tailoring Evidence-Based Interventions from an Interdisciplinary Treatment Team.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Psychopathology, Uncertainty and Alexithymia: A Clinical and Differential Exploratory Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Using exploratory graph analysis (EGA) in validating the structure of the Perth alexithymia questionnaire in Iranians with chronic pain.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Primary Dysmenorrhea Associated with Psychological Distress in Medical Sciences Students in The North of Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of fertility & sterility · 2022Article
- Weak Hand Grip Strength Is Associated with Alexithymia in Outpatients in a Mexican Population.Brain sciences · 2022Article
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objectiveAlexithymia refers to reduced emotional awareness and is associated with higher levels of burden and disability in adults with chronic pain. Limited research has examined alexithymia in adolescents with chronic pain. The current study aimed to (a) determine whether alexithymia was higher in adolescents with (vs. without) chronic pain and (b) examine the relationship between alexithymia and pain experiences in youth. Research Method/Design: We assessed alexithymia in 22 adolescents with chronic pain and in 22 adolescents without chronic pain (otherwise healthy), and its relation to pain experiences (i.e., self-reported pain intensity, pain bothersomeness, and pain interference), while controlling for the concomitant effects of psychological distress (i.e., depressive and anxiety symptoms).
resultsAfter controlling for psychological distress, adolescents with versus without chronic pain had higher total alexithymia scores (p = .042; η2 = .10), and specifically, greater difficulty identifying feelings (p = .001; η2 = .23). Difficulty identifying feelings was related to worse pain interference (r = .55; p = .015) and pain bothersomeness (r = .55; p = .015). CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS: These preliminary findings suggest that adolescents with chronic pain may have greater difficulty identifying their emotions, and that this might be related to increased pain interference and pain bothersomeness. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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