Bodily confusion: Lower differentiation of emotional and physiological states in student alcohol users.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alexithymia, difficulty in recognising and naming emotions, is common among people who use alcohol. There is also emerging evidence that people with alexithymia are unable to distinguish emotions from non-emotional physiological states. The project aimed to test if alcohol use is related to the way student drinkers experience emotions and physiological states in the body.

Methods

We employed a novel method to study bodily sensations related to emotions and physiological states in the context of alcohol use: the emBODY tool, which allowed participants to mark areas of the body in which they experience various emotions and physiological states.

Results

Students who showed a hazardous pattern of alcohol use (alcohol use disorders identification test [AUDIT] sc

SUBMITTER: Herman AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10898845 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature