Alexithymia as a mediator between adverse childhood events and the development of psychopathology: a meta-analysis

L Kick, D Schleicher, A Ecker, S Kandsperger… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Victims of child abuse have an elevated risk of developing mental health issues
later in life. Several variables have been suggested as mediators of this correlation, but little …

Internet addiction among young adult university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of peritraumatic distress, attachment, and alexithymia

E Marzilli, L Cerniglia, S Cimino, R Tambelli - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The literature focused on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on young adult university
students' mental health shows a significant increase in psychopathological symptoms and …

Genetics of environmental sensitivity and its association with variations in emotional problems, autistic traits, and wellbeing

E Assary, OA Oginni, G Morneau-Vaillancourt… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Greater environmental sensitivity has been associated with increased risk of mental health
problems, especially in response to stressors, and lower levels of subjective wellbeing …

Isolating unique variance in mental health outcomes attributable to personality variables and childhood emotional abuse

C Van Landeghem, LS Jakobson - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction University students are at high risk for anxiety and depression. Our main
objective was to tease apart variance in symptom severity that was uniquely attributable to …

Alexithymia and sensory processing sensitivity account for unique variance in the prediction of emotional contagion and empathy

AM McQuarrie, SD Smith, LS Jakobson - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Empathy—the ability to identify and share another person's emotional state—is
an important socio-emotional process arising, in part, from emotional contagion. In the …

Trauma or autism?–understanding how the effects of trauma and disrupted attachment can be mistaken for autism

Z Al-Attar, R Worthington - Advances in Autism, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Early bio-psycho-social experiences can dramatically impact all aspects of
development. Both autism and traumagenic histories can lead to trans-diagnostic …

Childhood Trauma, Emotional Awareness, and Neural Correlates of Long-Term Nicotine Smoking

A Quam, K Biernacki, TJ Ross, BJ Salmeron… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Temporal dynamic measures provide insight into the neurobiological properties
of nicotine use. It is critical to determine whether brain-based measures are associated with …

Emotions and sensory processing in adolescents: the effect of childhood traumatic experiences

MS Jeon, EB Bae - Journal of psychiatric research, 2022 - Elsevier
Reportedly, maltreated children are more likely to have a mental illness, interpersonal
violence, and other social behavior problems than those without trauma experience …

Traits linked to sensory processing sensitivity mediate the relationship between externally oriented thinking and fantasizing

LS Jakobson, AM McQuarrie… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties identifying and describing feelings
but expression of externally oriented thinking (EOT) and difficulty fantasizing is more …

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Spanish sensory processing sensitivity questionnaire (S-SPSQ)

PJ Salinas-Quintana, R Barría-Ramírez… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) is a temperament trait rooted in biology, and is
distinguished by heightened awareness, emotional responsiveness, and sensitivity to …