Alexithymia and interpersonal problems in healthy young individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alexithymia refers to a multidimensional personality trait with the facets difficulties identifying feelings (DIF), difficulties describing feelings (DDF), and externally orientated thinking (EOT). Alexithymia is a risk factor for mental and somatic disorders. Previous research with patients suffering from various disorders showed positive relationships between alexithymia and interpersonal problems. Only one study analyzed the link between alexithymic features and interpersonal difficulties in healthy individuals but yielded inconclusive findings because participants' negative affects were not controlled. A widely accepted conceptualization of interpersonal problems relies on the interpersonal circumplex, which is defined by two orthogonal dimensions, agency and communi

SUBMITTER: Koppelberg P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10515237 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature