Do alexithymic individuals avoid their feelings? Experiential avoidance mediates the association between alexithymia, psychosomatic, and depressive symptoms in a community and a clinical sample
This study attempts to assess the extent to which alexithymia represents a learned, avoidant coping strategy against unwanted emotions. In this way the study aims to identify a potential mechanism that may elucidate the relationship between alexithymia and psychological symptoms.
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Georgia Panayiotou, Chrysanthi Leonidou, Elena Constantinou, John Hart, Kimberly L. Rinehart, Jennifer T. Sy, Thröstur Björgvinsson Source Type: research