alexithymia

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Panic disorder and the inability to express emotions (alexithymia) may be related, according to a new study: In patients with panic disorder (PD), the difficulty to identify and manag ...

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  • People who are confused about the sources of their own emotions - a condition that in the extreme is called alexithymia - also tend to report little benefit from a burst of tears, studies have found. —  orrologion
  • These findings add to the mounting evidence for a relationship between childhood sexual abuse and alexithymia; individuals with a history of childhood sexual abuse may have a reduced capacity to experience emotion in relation to their trauma, and this phenomenon may generalize to experiencing all emotions. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • Consistent with a theory of emotional inhibition, nonspecific skin conductance responses, but not heart rate, discriminated between repressors and nonrepressors. ability academic achievement acute-stress addiction adhd adjustment adolescence adrenergic age aggression aging alcohol alexithymia alpha-amylase amphetamines androgens antisocial anxiety artists attachment attendance attitudes attractiveness authoritarianism autobiography bayesian berkeley-longitudinal big-five bmi bootstrap cardiovascular change ci cognition cohorts conscientiousness control coping correlates corticosteroids cortisol covariance creativity cross-sectional culture cytokines delinquency depression development dhea diet dominance dopamine dropout drugs effect-size ei endocrine environment evolution exercise expectations experiences extraversion factor-analysis female first-year gender genes glucocorticoid goal gro-alpha group growth-curve happiness health health-behavior hepatitis higher-education hlm hollands-theory hopelessness hormones hpa-axis hsv hyperthyroidism ifn iga il-1b il-6 immunity immunoassay individual-differences insulin intelligence internet inter-rater ipip iq latent-growth-model leptin life-satisfaction loneliness longitudinal males maoi measurement memory menstrual-cycle meta-analysis methodology missing mixed-effects modafinil modeling mood multilevel multivariate neo neuroendocrine neurons neuroticism oral-contraceptives path-analysis perception personality personality-disorder physiology positive-emotions power prejudice problem-solving procrastination psychopathology psychosocial ptsd quality-of-life rc-index regression relationships relaxation reliability repeated-measures residuals risk-taking saliva sample-size self self-concordance self-efficacy self-esteem self-evaluation sem sensation-seeking serotonin ses sex-hormones sf shyness sleep smoking social sperm sport stability statistics stress students temperament testosterone twins vaccine validity values well-being CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • It is suggested that the importance of personality has been underestimated in past research by the failure to consider appropriate health behavior criteria and the omission of important personality dimensions, such as Conscientiousness and Agreeableness, when studying health behavior patterns. ability academic achievement acute-stress addiction adhd adjustment adolescence adrenergic age aggression aging alcohol alexithymia alpha-amylase amphetamines androgens antisocial anxiety artists attachment attendance attitudes attractiveness authoritarianism autobiography bayesian berkeley-longitudinal big-five bmi bootstrap cardiovascular change ci cognition cohorts conscientiousness control coping correlates corticosteroids cortisol covariance creativity cross-sectional culture cytokines delinquency depression development dhea diet dominance dopamine dropout drugs effect-size ei endocrine environment evolution exercise expectations experiences extraversion factor-analysis female first-year gender genes glucocorticoid goal gro-alpha group growth-curve happiness health health-behavior hepatitis higher-education hlm hollands-theory hopelessness hormones hpa-axis hsv hyperthyroidism ifn iga il-1b il-6 immunity immunoassay individual-differences insulin intelligence internet inter-rater ipip iq latent-growth-model leptin life-satisfaction loneliness longitudinal males maoi measurement memory menstrual-cycle meta-analysis methodology missing mixed-effects modafinil modeling mood multilevel multivariate neo neuroendocrine neurons neuroticism oral-contraceptives path-analysis perception personality personality-disorder physiology positive-emotions power prejudice problem-solving procrastination psychopathology psychosocial ptsd quality-of-life rc-index regression relationships relaxation reliability repeated-measures residuals risk-taking saliva sample-size self self-concordance self-efficacy self-esteem self-evaluation sem sensation-seeking serotonin ses sex-hormones sf shyness sleep smoking social sperm sport stability statistics stress students temperament testosterone twins vaccine validity values well-being CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • These data, together with its ease of measurement, support the use of FPLL. acoustic activation affect affective_havituation alexithymia allocation amygdala analysis anger anxiety appetitve approach arousal attention automaticity avoidance awareness bas basic_emotion basic_emotions bdi behavioral_inhibition behaviour bias big-five biofeedback bipolarity bis brain_mapping cardiac_defense cardiovascular cardiovascular_response category cerq change child cit clarity cognition cognitive_process cognitive_vulnerability conditioning coping coping_flexibility cross_cultural cue deceleration deception decision_task defensive defocus depression development dicrese dimension dimensional_approach disgust dot_probe dr eda effort-related emotion emotional_prosody emotional_state erp experience expression extraversion eye_gaze eye_movement eyewitness face facial_affect facial_expression facial_symmetry false fear film finger_pulse fmri f-mri forget game gaze gene guilty_action habituation handbook how hr ht iat imaging implicit individual_difference induction information_processing inhibition intensity intonation irrelevant latency lie memory mixed_feelings mixture model morphing motivation music negative_affect negative_emotion neuro neuroimaging neurophyamacology neuropsychology nonconsious oddball or orientation p3 p3a p3b panic perception personality picture pitch pitch_variation positive_mood power preattentive priming prosody psychopath psychophysiology pulse pupil questionare questionnaire recognition regulation relevant repression repressor respiration response response_latency response_styles review rll rsa rt scale scr self_focus sem similarity speech speech_rate spsqr startle state statistic stress stroop structure suppression surprise svt synthetic_speech task temporal theory threat trait trustworthiness valence vigilance visual_search_task vocal vocal_emotion vocal_expression why word CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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