Disguised Emotion in Alexithymia: Subjective Difficulties in Emotion Processing and Increased Empathic Distress

Despite decades of speculation, many causal aspects that contribute to the heterogeneity of alexithymia still must be clarified. This study examined the extent of the alexithymia phenotype and its contribution to social function in the general population. In total, 200 participants (females = 111) c...

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Published in:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Main Authors: Gieun Nam, Hyerin Lee, Jang-Han Lee, Ji-Won Hur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00698/full