ArticleAIDS and behavior2023
Alexithymia Among People Living with HIV: A Scoping Review.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Alexithymia and Hypertension: Does Personality Matter? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Current cardiology reports · 2023Pooled it
- Alexithymia and Social Cognition in the General Population: Further Evidence on the Relationship with Theory of Mind, Emotion Recognition, and Empathy.Journal of Intelligence · 2026Article
- Adult attachment insecurity and uncertain reflective functioning as mediators between traumatic experiences and alexithymia in young adults: a structural equation modeling approach.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Immediate memory is associated with alexithymia in Chinese Han first-episode, drug-naïve major depressive disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- On the Relationship Between Alexithymia and Social Cognition: A Systematic Review.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2024Review
- Prevalence and associated factors of alexithymia among people living with HIV/AIDS in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
The present scoping review aimed to identify studies that investigated alexithymia, defined as a difficulty in identifying and describing one's own emotions, in people living with HIV (PLWH).A literature search, in line with the guidelines of PRISMA-ScR, was conducted in the following bibliographic databases: PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Science. The databases were queried using the following strings (using Boolean operators): ("alexithymia" OR "alexithymic") AND ("HIV" OR "Human Immunodeficiency Virus"). In line with the eligibility criteria, fourteen articles were found.Ten studies showed the involvement of alexithymia in disease severity (e.g., viral load levels), and adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Three studies revealed an association between alexithymia and cardiovascular disease, and three studies highlighted the implication of alexithymia in cognitive impairment.This review revealed the complex role of alexithymia in HIV disease. A careful clinical assessment of the emotional regulation process of PLWH can provide useful prognostic information.
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