[HTML][HTML] Going beyond the DSM in predicting, diagnosing, and treating autism spectrum disorder with covarying alexithymia and OCD: A structural equation model and …

DJ Edwards - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background There is much overlap among the symptomology of autistic spectrum disorders
(ASDs), obsessive compulsive disorders (OCDs), and alexithymia, which all typically involve …

[HTML][HTML] Mediating Role of Emotion Dysregulation and Intolerance of Uncertainty as Transdiagnostic Processes in the Development of Externalizing …

F Hosseinjani, M Zemestani - Psychology of Exceptional Individuals, 2023 - jpe.atu.ac.ir
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one of the important neurodevelopmental disorders that
always has a high comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders. One of the ways to …

[HTML][HTML] Alexithymia traits outweigh autism traits in the explanation of depression in adults with autism

C Bloch, L Burghof, FG Lehnhardt, K Vogeley… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
When contemplating the alarming depression rates in adults with autism spectrum disorder
(ASD), there is a need to find factors explaining heightened symptoms of depression …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between mental health, interoception, psychological flexibility, and self-as-context, as predictors for alexithymia: A deep artificial neural network …

DJ Edwards, R Lowe - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Alexithymia is a personality trait which is characterized by an inability to identify
and describe conscious emotions of oneself and others. Aim: The present study aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Alexithymia and autistic traits: associations with social and emotional challenges among college students

P Vaiouli, G Panayiotou - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Alexithymia is a multifaceted personality construct defined by marked
difficulties in identifying and describing feelings and in externally oriented thinking. Given its …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the measurement of alexithymia in autistic adults: A psychometric investigation of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale and generation of a …

ZJ Williams, KO Gotham - Molecular autism, 2021 - Springer
Background Alexithymia, a personality trait characterized by difficulties interpreting
emotional states, is commonly elevated in autistic adults, and a growing body of literature …

[HTML][HTML] Alexithymia and autism spectrum disorder: a complex relationship

J Poquérusse, L Pastore, S Dellantonio… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Alexithymia is a personality construct characterized by altered emotional awareness which
has been gaining diagnostic prevalence in a range of neuropsychiatric disorders, with …

Alexithymia in autism: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with social-communication difficulties, anxiety and depression symptoms

BFM Oakley, EJH Jones, D Crawley… - Psychological …, 2022 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAlexithymia (difficulties in identifying and describing emotion) is a
transdiagnostic trait implicated in social–emotional and mental health problems in the …

Investigating alexithymia in autism: A systematic review and meta-analysis

E Kinnaird, C Stewart, K Tchanturia - European Psychiatry, 2019 - cambridge.org
Background: New research suggests that, rather than representing a core feature of autism
spectrum disorder (ASD), emotional processing difficulties reflect co-occurring alexithymia …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding challenging behaviors in autism spectrum disorder: A multi-component, interdisciplinary model

SM Edelson - Journal of personalized medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
A multi-component, interdisciplinary model is described which explains the presence of, and
in other cases the lack of, many challenging behaviors associated with autism spectrum …