ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Alexithymia and Somatization in Chronic Pain Patients: A Sequential Mediation Model.
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- Psychological Treatments for Alexithymia: A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Using exploratory graph analysis (EGA) in validating the structure of the Perth alexithymia questionnaire in Iranians with chronic pain.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Somatosensory Amplification Scale-Chinese version: psychometric properties and its mediating role in the relationship between alexithymia and somatization.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Alexithymia in Patients with Somatization Difficulties and Tinnitus-Related Distress: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Assessment of the mind-body connection: preliminary psychometric evidence for a new self-report questionnaire.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Externalising Behaviours, Impulsivity, Alexithymia, and Emotional Dysregulation in Adolescents' Suicidality.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2023Article
- Correlation Analyses Between Childhood Behavioral Disturbance and Maternal Alexithymia: An Observational Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2023Article
- Medically Unexplained Symptoms among Adults from Russia: An Assessment using the Patient Health Questionnaire-15.Psychology in Russia : state of the art · 2023Article
- A Pre-Adolescent and Adolescent Clinical Sample Study about Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempt, and Self-Harming.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2022Article
- Emotional Problems in Pediatric Headache Patients.Current pain and headache reports · 2022Review
- Alexithymia and Psychopathological Manifestations Centered on the Body: Somatization and Self-Harm.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The Relationship between Alexithymia and Mental Health Is Fully Mediated by Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Psoriasis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Families With Violence Exposure and the Intergenerational Transmission of Somatization.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Psychopathological and Personality Pro file in Chronic Nononcologic Nociceptive and Neuropathic pain: Cross-sectional Comparative Study.International journal of psychological researchArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate whether chronic pain (CP) patients with somatization reported higher alexithymic traits than those without somatization and to study the different relationships between psychological characteristics, pain, health-related quality of life (HRQL), and somatization.
methodA consecutive sample of 134 CP treatment-seeking outpatients were evaluated for alexithymia (TAS-20), somatization (PHQ-15), distress (HADS), HRQL (SF-12), and pain (BPI).
resultsPatients with somatization (37.04%) reported significantly higher TAS-20 total scores (
conclusionsOur results pointed-out that alexithymia, particularly DIF, may be major factor for somatization risk in CP patients. Longitudinal observations are needed for evaluating the role of alexithymia in clinical outcomes.
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