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Non-organic recurrent abdominal pain in children : the role of psychological factorsLee, Gary Steffan January 1998 (has links)
No description available.
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The relationship between alexithymia and functional somatization in college students in the USPetrova, Elena Aleksandar. Stadler, Holly A., January 2008 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Auburn University, 2008. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-98).
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The relationship of alexithymia, interpersonal problems and self-understanding to psychological distressSchuetz, Steven A., January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-73). Also available on the Internet.
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The relationship of alexithymia, interpersonal problems and self-understanding to psychological distress /Schuetz, Steven A., January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-73). Also available on the Internet.
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Eating disorders : a study of client characteristics, experiences and perspectives, and some implications for counsellingDolton, Rosalind Jennifer January 2000 (has links)
No description available.
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psychosocial predictors of marital satisfaction among married people in Gauteng Province, South Africa / Jody Neo NdlovuNdlovu, Jody Neo January 2013 (has links)
This study investigated whether (I) socio-demographic factors such as age, gender, race, number
of years in marriage. number of children, frequency of marriage. and educational level
(2) psychological well-being. and (3) communication will significantly predict marital satisfaction
among married people in Gauteng Province and (4) whether married people with alcxithymia do
have satisfactory marriages?.Data was collected on married participants who were randomly
selected in Gauteng Province. The sample comprised both males 313 (63.1 %) and females 183
(36.9%). participants were above the consenting age of 18 years, with age ranging between 20 to
72 years.The results indicate that communication, alexithymia, and psychological well-being do
predict marital satisfaction significant!}. A positive correlation was found between dyadic
adjustment and psychological well-being, also between communication and alexithymia.Three
hypotheses were accepted, except for the one of demographic factors which was partially
accepted since not all of them were found to predict marital satisfaction. except age and sex. / Thesis (M.Soc.Sc. (Research Psychology) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2013
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Exploration of the relationship between self-compassion, alexithymia and emotion regulation in a clinical populationRusk, Dorothy Alice January 2015 (has links)
Background: Negative forms of self-relating such as self-criticism and self-judgement are known to contribute to poor mental health across diagnoses including eating disorders. Negative self-relating can lead to avoidance or suppression of emotions, and poor attachment relationships can lead to deficits in self-reassuring abilities. Self-compassion is a construct which is gaining attention in clinical research as a potentially important and healthy way of relating to the self in the face of painful or difficult experiences. Systematic review: A systematic review of the literature eating disorders and self-compassion suggested that lower levels of self-compassion are related to worse eating disorder pathology, particularly emotional eating, and body image dissatisfaction. Findings suggest that self-compassion training may have a role in multimodal prevention and treatment approaches for eating disorders, disordered eating and body image problems, particularly bulimia or binge eating disorders. The role in restrictive eating behaviour is less clear and warrants further research. Aims: This study was a cross-sectional study design with a purpose of conducting Confirmatory factor analysis on the Self-Compassion Scale – Short Form, and correlational analysis of the relationship between self-compassion, (as measured on SCS-SF) with emotion regulation difficulties, alexithymia and distress. Participants and procedure: 297 people referred to an adult clinical psychology service in Scotland completed the SCS-SF and measures of emotion regulation, alexithymia and distress. Results: CFAs did not support six factor or hierarchical models for SCS-SF. Instead a two-factor model was supported. Correlation analysis indicated that self-compassion is inversely associated with difficulties in emotion regulation, alexithymia and distress. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that self-compassion was a unique predictor of distress. Implications: Further clarification of the construct of self-compassion, its role in psychopathology and how it should be measured is required. It is important that as research involving self-compassion and its role in mental health services progresses, that psychometrically valid measures are employed. Furthermore, correlation and regression analyses suggest convergent validity for the construct of self-compassion, and support theoretical links with emotion regulation. Conclusions: Self-compassion appears to be an important variable in eating disorders pathology and appears to be linked with adaptive emotion regulation in clinical populations. However results suggest longitudinal research and a more robust measure is required for use in clinical populations, especially if information about facets of the construct are to be understood.
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Alexithymia and the capacity to evaluate states of affect and painLouth, Shirley May 05 1900 (has links)
Alexithymia is conceptualized as a personality variable involving profound affective
deficits. Individuals with high levels of alexithymia are characterized by difficulty in
describing emotions, a preoccupation with somatic symptoms, and an insensitive
interpersonal style. Alexithymia is commonly found among chronic pain patients. Despite a
burgeoning literature, researchers have not identified either the precise characteristics and
source of the poor interpersonal performance associated with alexithymia, or how the
presence of alexithymia relates to the phenomenology and conceptualization of pain.
The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) was used to assess alexithymia in a sample
of 145 female university students who had reported experiencing significant pain during the
past year. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to check the factor structure of the
TAS-20 with this sample. A series of three studies was designed to explore the relationship
with alexithymia and: 1) reactions to facial expressions of emotion, 2) reactions to others'
pain, and 3) conceptualization of own pain.
The cleanest factor solution was yielded by a Maximum Likelihood Analysis with
oblique rotation. In this sample, the TAS-20 is adequately represented as 4 factors: 1)
Difficulty Identifying Bodily Sensations (Body); 2) Confusion about Emotions (Emotions);
3) External Cognitive Style (External), and 4) Interpersonal Awkwardness (Awkward).
Study 1 investigated the ability to judge and respond to facial expressions of
emotion, as a potential source of interpersonal difficulties. Participants examined slides of
adults modeling specific emotions, and attempted to identify the modeled affective states. Alexithymia was expected to be related to difficulty in assessing facial expressions of
emotion. As predicted, the ability to identify and appropriately respond to modeled
emotional expressions was significantly lower in high-alexithymia participants. Alexithymia
scores were related to a tendency to rate various modeled emotions as "pain," providing
support for the association with a somatic preoccupation.
Study 2 entailed evaluation of interpersonal perception in the context of pain by
investigating the relationship between alexithymia and judgement of pain in infants.
Participants evaluated two dimensions of pain (sensory discomfort and emotional distress)
while watching videotapes of neonates undergoing invasive but routine medical procedures.
It was hypothesized that the somatic preoccupation and emotional insensitivity associated
with alexithymia would lead high-alexithymia individuals to exaggerate the sensory
component of pain in infants and underestimate the affective domain. Predictions were only
partially supported. When depressed mood and extent of current pain were controlled, the
hypothesized relationship emerged between the TAS-20 External factor and lower ratings of
perceived emotional distress, and between the Body factor and higher ratings of perceived
sensory discomfort. Contrary to expectations, Body factor scores were related to higher
emotional distress ratings.
In Study 3, participants assessed retroactively the sensory and affective components
of their own painful experiences. There is an increasing trend for multidisciplinary pain
clinics to include psychological interventions, treatments whose success is largely dependent
upon patients distinguishing the sensory and affective components of pain. It was predicted that high-alexithymia participants would emphasize the sensory rather than the affective
dimension, a judgement pattern which could explain the link found between high levels of
alexithymia and poorer recovery from chronic pain conditions. Contrary to expectations, it
was found that alexithymia scores were unrelated to ratings of sensory intensity. After
controlling for depressed mood and extent of current pain, the only significant result to
emerge was between the TAS-20 Awkward factor and higher (not lower) ratings of the
affective component of participants' own painful experiences.
Results suggest that a source of the social awkwardness associated with alexithymia
may arise from an insensitivity to facially expressed mood states. There is some evidence
that individuals with an external cognitive style pay less attention to the affective distress
entailed in infants' pain experiences. The overall pattern of results suggests that alexithymia,
as measured by the TAS-20, is best viewed as factorially complex. While the factors display
some interdependence, there is greater utility in computing and examining all factor scores
rather than describing individuals by a global TAS-20 total score.
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Predicting improvement in cognitive behavioral therapy for somatization disorder the role of alexithymia.Reese, Jennifer Barsky. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Psychology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-74).
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Negotiating boundaries from within a feminist-psychodynamic investigation of bulimia and emotional expression in context /Pollack, Deborah. January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-247) and index.
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