PMID: 16633294Apr 25, 2006Paper

Relations between alexithymia and anhedonia: a study in eating disordered and control subjects

L'Encéphale
A S DebordeP Jeammet

Abstract

Alexithymia and anhedonia both refer to a deficit in emotion regulation. Although these 2 concepts have been conceptualized to be closely linked, very few studies aimed at examining carefully their interrelations. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationships between scores on alexithymia and anhedonia self-reports, and to assess whether the results were influenced by the presence of an emotional disorder. The 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale is the self-report most frequently used to assess alexithymia. Nevertheless, the results of recent studies comparing the psychometric properties of the TAS-20 and another alexithymia self-report - the Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire (BVAQ) - have recommended the BVAQ over the TAS-20. Thus, both questionnaires were included in the present study. In addition, since depression and anxiety may influence the correlations between alexithymia and anhedonia scores, we also measured depression and anxiety and these scores were used to control for their potential confounding effect in the analyses. Two groups of participants were included in this study: 46 eating disordered female patients (ED) and 198 female control subjects. All the participants filled u...Continue Reading

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Nov 22, 2014·Current Psychiatry Reports·Kate TchanturiaDavid Hambrook
Nov 24, 2017·European Eating Disorders Review : the Journal of the Eating Disorders Association·Ilka BoehmStefan Ehrlich
Dec 16, 2017·The European Journal of Neuroscience·Andrea PhillipouMatthew Edward Hughes
Jun 19, 2013·Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Österreichischer Nervenärzte und Psychiater·Susanne OhmannBibiana Schuch
May 21, 2019·Frontiers in Psychiatry·Emma Barkus, Johanna C Badcock

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