A Longitudinal Investigation of Alexithymia as a Predictor of Empathy, Emotional Functioning, Resilience, and Life Satisfaction Two Years after Brain Injury

CONCLUSIONS: Compared to those with lower alexithymia scores, persons with TBI who had higher alexithymia scores at 1-year post-injury reported poorer emotional health at 2 years after TBI, even after controlling for Year 1 outcome scores, sociodemographics, and injury-related factors. These results support the need to assess for elevated alexithymia and to provide interventions targeting alexithymia early in the TBI recovery process.PMID:38670209 | DOI:10.1016/j.apmr.2024.04.008

Source: Health Physics - April 26, 2024 Category: Physics Authors: Dawn Neumann Flora M Hammond Angelle M Sander Jennifer Bogner Tamara Bushnik Jacob A Finn Joyce S Chung Daniel W Klyce Mitch Sevigny Jessica M Ketchum Source Type: research