Alexithymia and emotion regulation

DA Preece, A Mehta, K Petrova, P Sikka… - Journal of affective …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Alexithymia is a key transdiagnostic risk factor for emotion-based
psychopathologies. Conceptual models specify that this is because alexithymia impairs …

Revisiting the debriefing debate: does psychological debriefing reduce PTSD symptomology following work-related trauma? A meta-analysis

HM Stileman, CA Jones - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Psychological debriefing is an early post-trauma intervention which aims to prevent the
development of PTSD and accelerate normal recovery through discussing, validating, and …

What is alexithymia? Using factor analysis to establish its latent structure and relationship with fantasizing and emotional reactivity

DA Preece, R Becerra, K Robinson, A Allan… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective There is ongoing uncertainty about the structure and definition of alexithymia.
Conceptually, alexithymia has traditionally been defined as a multidimensional trait with four …

Assessing alexithymia: psychometric properties of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire and 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in United States adults

DA Preece, R Becerra, A Allan, K Robinson… - Personality and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Alexithymia is a trait involving difficulty identifying feelings, difficulty describing feelings, and
externally orientated thinking. Over the past two decades, it has usually been assessed …

[HTML][HTML] The Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire-Short form (PAQ-S): A 6-item measure of alexithymia

DA Preece, A Mehta, K Petrova, P Sikka… - Journal of affective …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Alexithymia is a trait characterized by difficulties identifying feelings, difficulties
describing feelings, and externally orientated thinking. It is widely regarded as an important …

Differences between autistic and non-autistic adults in the recognition of anger from facial motion remain after controlling for alexithymia

CT Keating, DS Fraser, S Sowden, JL Cook - Journal of autism and …, 2022 - Springer
To date, studies have not established whether autistic and non-autistic individuals differ in
emotion recognition from facial motion cues when matched in terms of alexithymia. Here …

Assessing alexithymia across negative and positive emotions: Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire

P Larionow, DA Preece, K Mudło-Głagolska - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) is a 24-item self-report measure of alexithymia.
Originally developed in English, it was designed to try to enable more comprehensive (ie …

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

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 or general psychological distress? Discriminant validity of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire

DA Preece, K Petrova, A Mehta, P Sikka… - Journal of Affective …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Alexithymia is an important transdiagnostic risk factor for emotion-based
psychopathologies. However, it remains unclear whether alexithymia questionnaires …

Alexithymia may explain the relationship between autistic traits and eating disorder psychopathology

L Vuillier, Z Carter, AR Teixeira, RL Moseley - Molecular autism, 2020 - Springer
Background Autistic people are disproportionately vulnerable to anorexia nervosa and other
eating disorders (ED), and within the general population, autistic traits correlate with ED …