An overview of the alexithymia construct.

By G. Taylor, R. Bagby. 2000

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Solving the Emotion Paradox: Categorization and the Experience of Emotion (2006, background): “A complete failure to categorize core affect into the experience of emotion would result in alexithymia (defined as an inability to identify and name their emotional states; Taylor & Bagby, 2000).”
An alexithymia questionnaire for children: Factorial and concurrent validation results (2006, background): “…with self-reported physical symptoms and negatively with a perceived level of health in nonclinical adult populations (Bach, Bach, & de Zwaan, 1996; Taylor & Bagby, 2000), although the correlation with the third factor ‘‘Externally-Oriented Thinking’’ is not always evident when the three-factors…”
Is alexithymia affected by situational stress or is it a stable trait related to emotion regulation (2006, background): “…between feelings and the bodily sensations of emotional arousal; (b) a difficulty describing feelings to others; (c) a restricted imagination, as evidenced by a paucity of fantasies; and (d) a cognitive style that is literal, utilitarian, and externally oriented (Taylor & Bagby, 2000).”
The 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. III. Reliability and factorial validity in a community population. (2003, background): “significantly and negatively with measures of psychological mindedness, need for cognition, emotional self-awareness, empathy, and openness to experience [3,52], and nonsignificantly with measures of agreeableness, conscientiousness, and excitement seeking [3].”