Objective Twenty-five years ago, this journal published two articles reporting the
development and initial validation of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Since …

Alexithymia refers to difficulties identifying and describing one's emotions. Growing evidence
suggests that alexithymia is a key transdiagnostic risk factor. Despite its clinical importance …

Since the 1970s, psychoanalytic conceptualizations of alexithymia have defined the trait as
having four core facets: difficulties identifying feelings (DIF), difficulties describing feelings …

Abstract The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is a 10-item self-report measure of 2
emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. It is a …

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries worldwide have put lockdowns in place
to prevent the virus from spreading. Evidence shows that lockdown measures can affect …

Background Alexithymia is a key transdiagnostic risk factor for emotion-based
psychopathologies. Conceptual models specify that this is because alexithymia impairs …

Background Ever since alexithymia was defined in the 1970s, robust associations have
been observed between alexithymia and a variety of symptoms of psychopathology …

Alexithymia is a trait comprising people's ability to focus attention on and accurately
appraise their own emotions. Its assessment is of clinical interest because people who have …

Alexithymia is a multifaceted personality construct characterised by difficulties identifying
one's feelings and distinguishing them from bodily sensations, difficulties describing one's …

Emotion regulation problems underlie the abnormal levels of negative or positive emotion
that characterise many forms of psychopathology. Several self-report measures of emotion …