ArticleJournal of clinical psychology2023
Sex-specific role of alexithymia in associations between parental bonding and mental health: A moderated mediation model.
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- The Mediating Role of Alexithymia in the Relationship between Maladaptive Object Relations Patterns and Depression.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Childhood Abuse, Personality, and Depression: A Narrative Review.Alpha psychiatry · 2025Review
- Sex difference in alexithymia and cognitive impairment in chronic schizophrenia: a large sample study based on Chinese Han population.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
- Alexithymia: Toward an Experimental, Processual Affective Science with Effective Interventions.Annual review of psychology · 2025Review
- The association among negative life events, alexithymia, and depressive symptoms in a psychosomatic outpatient sample.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Trajectories of COVID-19 pandemic-related depressive symptoms and potential predictors: the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
- Effects of childhood adversities on alexithymia features vary between sexes. Results of a prospective population study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- Sex-specific role of alexithymia in associations between parental bonding and mental health: A moderated mediation model.Journal of clinical psychology · 2023Article
- Alexithymia and Parental Bonding in Women with Genitopelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to explore the role of alexithymia and potential sex differences in the associations between perceived parental bonding and mental health.
methodsThe sample consists of 2421 parents from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study who completed the parental bonding instrument, the Toronto alexithymia scale, the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale, and the anxiety subscale of the symptom checklist-90. Moderated mediation analyses were conducted to examine the possible mediating role of alexithymia and moderating role of sex in the associations between parental bonding and depressive/anxiety symptoms.
resultsAlexithymia was found to be a potential mediator and sex be a moderator in the relations between perceived dysfunctional parental bonding and the psychological symptoms. Specifically, dysfunctional paternal bonding, especially paternal overprotection, had stronger indirect effects (via alexithymia) on the psychological symptoms in males.
conclusionsThis study indicates the importance of alexithymia in the parenting-related mental health impacts and highlights the significance of paternal bonding for the development of alexithymia and mental health problems in male populations. The findings improve the limited understanding of sex-related parental factors for alexithymia and mental health problems. Future studies in longitudinal designs are warranted to clarify the causal process of the mediation.
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