Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Thickness Is Related to Alexithymia in Childhood Trauma-Related PTSD. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Alexithymia, or "no words for feelings", is highly prevalent in samples with childhood maltreatment and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) has been identified as a key region involved in alexithymia, early ...
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Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 2022 Amaç Üroloji kılavuzlarında 10-20 mm arası alt pol taşlarında özellikle ekstrakorporal şok dalga litotripsi (SWL)'nin başarısız olduğu veya SWL'nin uygun olmadığı durumlarda endoürolojik tedaviler olan perkütan nefrolitotomi (PCNL) ve retrograd ...
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Alexithymia measured with the TAS-20 questionnaire: Determining the validity of the factor structure and its relation to life satisfaction and the Big Five personality traits [PDF]
Psihološka Istraživanja, 2018 Alexithymia is the inability of an individual to recognize their own or someone else's feelings and to communicate their own emotional states. On the cognitive level, we can observe a decreased ability for imagination and a practical style of thinking ...
Rokvić Nikola, Jovanović Tamara
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BioPsychoSocial Medicine, 2007 Background The construct validity of alexithymia and its assessment using the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) in Japan is unknown. Low reliability has been found for the third factor of the TAS-20 in some cultures, and the factor structure for
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Importance of considering interoceptive abilities in alexithymia assessment [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background Recent studies have shown that people with high alexithymia scores have decreased interoceptive abilities, which can be associated with psychological and physical disorders. Early assessments of the alexithymia trait included the evaluation of
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Affect School for chronic benign pain patients showed improved alexithymia assessments with TAS-20 [PDF]
BioPsychoSocial Medicine, 2010 Abstract Background Alexithymia is a disturbance associated with psychosomatic disorders, pain syndromes, and a variety of psychiatric disorders. The Affect School (AS) based on Tomkins Affect Theory is a therapy focusing on innate affects and their physiological expressions, feelings, emotions and scripts.
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Psychometric evaluation of the Norwegian Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS‐20) in a multisite clinical sample of patients with personality disorders and personality problems [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2021 AbstractObjectivePsychometric properties of 20‐item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS‐20) have been widely analyzed, but the validity and psychometric qualities of the TAS‐20 in populations with personality disorders are still poorly understood. The aim of the current study was to analyze the factor structure and validity of TAS‐20.MethodData were ...
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Molecular Autism, 2021 Background Alexithymia, a personality trait characterized by difficulties interpreting emotional states, is commonly elevated in autistic adults, and a growing body of literature suggests that this trait underlies several cognitive and emotional ...
Zachary J. Williams, Katherine O. Gotham
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A psychometric comparison of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Observer Alexithymia Scale (OAS) in an alcohol-dependent sample [PDF]
, 2010 Alexithymia is characterised by deficits in emotional insight and self-reflection that impact on the efficacy of psychological treatments. Given the high prevalence of alexithymia in Alcohol Use Disorders, valid assessment tools are critical.
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Biogeochemical Markers to Identify Spatiotemporal Gradients of Phytoplankton across Estuaries
CoastsThe spatiotemporal distribution of phytoplankton in estuaries is indicative of processes and transport across the land–ocean aquatic continuum (LOAC). Estuaries, as biogeochemically and physically active systems, process large amounts of nutrients and ...
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