ArticleJournal of clinical psychology2021
Alexithymia disrupts emotion regulation processes and is associated with greater negative affect and alcohol problems.
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- Alexithymia as a mediator between adverse childhood events and the development of psychopathology: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Emotion Regulation Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder: Results of a Stage II Randomized Clinical Efficacy Trial.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Trial
- Emotion differentiation among individuals in a randomized clinical trial for alcohol use disorder: Within- and between-person associations with affect, craving, and alcohol use in daily life.Behaviour research and therapy · 2024Trial
- Alexithymia in dyadic interactions: Associations with affective and sympathetic nervous system reactivity and empathic accuracy.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Cluster analysis of patients with alcohol use disorder featuring alexithymia, depression, and diverse drinking behavior.Neuropsychopharmacology reports · 2024Article
- Emotion Recognition and Self-Reported Emotion Processing in Alcohol and Cannabis Co-Using Young Adults.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Subscales of alexithymia show unique pathways through reappraisal and suppression to anxiety, depression and stress.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Interoception, alexithymia, and anxiety among individuals with alcohol use disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Distress tolerance and emotional regulation in individuals with alcohol use disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Alexithymia mediates the association between childhood trauma and adolescent E-cigarette use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Emotional dysregulation in relation to substance use and behavioral addictions: Findings from five separate meta-analyses.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
objectiveAlexithymia is common among people who abuse alcohol, yet the mechanisms by which alexithymia exerts its influence remain unclear. This analysis tested a model whereby the three subscales of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale exert an indirect effect on alcohol problems through difficulties with emotion regulation and psychological distress.
methodMen and women (n = 141) seeking alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, the Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale, the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Short Inventory of Problems, and the Alcohol Dependence Scale.
resultsThe Difficulty Identifying Feelings subscale of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale was positively associated with alcohol problems through emotion dysregulation and psychological distress. The other two subscales, Difficulty Describing Feelings and Externally oriented Thinking, were not associated with any other variables.
conclusionPeople with alexithymia may consume alcohol to help regulate undifferentiated states of emotional arousal. Given the prevalence of alexithymia among people who abuse alcohol, treatment supplements that enhance the identification of emotions are needed.
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