Alexithymia and eating disorders: a critical review of the literature
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...A majority of the relevant research in BN suggests greater alexithymia compared to controls (e.g., Corcos et al., 2000; Jimerson, Wolfe, Franko, Covino, & Sifneos, 1994; Nowakowski et al., 2013; Sureda, Valdes, Jodar, & de Pablo, 1999), although results are less consistent when controlling for depression and/or anxiety (e....
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...…research in BN suggests greater alexithymia compared to controls (e.g., Corcos et al., 2000; Jimerson, Wolfe, Franko, Covino, & Sifneos, 1994; Nowakowski et al., 2013; Sureda, Valdes, Jodar, & de Pablo, 1999), although results are less consistent when controlling for depression and/or…...
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...Interoceptive dysfunction in AN can also be located within descriptions of “emotion dysregulation” (190), “poor distress tolerance,” (191) and perhaps most tellingly, “alexithymia” or the inability to discriminate between emotional states and bodily sensations (192, 193)....
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...…a recent review of alexithymia in depression and anxiety, see De Berardis et al., 2008; for a recent review of alexithymia in eating disorders, see Nowakowski et al., 2013; for a recent review and meta-analyses of alexithymia’s connection with schizophrenia, see O’Driscoll et al., 2014; for other…...
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...The reference list of a previously published review [18] was also screened for relevant studies....
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...Nowakowski, McFarlane [18] found that individuals with EDs score higher on the DIF and DDF subscales of the TAS-20 but not on the EOT subscale....
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...This is consistent with a previous systematic review of alexithymia [18] and extends previous research by demonstrating that the differences between clinical groups and HCs are of the same magnitude i....
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...In a critical review of the literature on alexithymia in EDs, Nowakowski, McFarlane [18] report that individuals with EDs consistently report higher levels of alexithymia on the TAS than controls....
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...Nowakowski, McFarlane [18] report that individuals with EDs score higher on two of the TAS-20 subscales: DDF and DIF but not on EOT....
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...The discrepant findings between the LEAS and the TAS-20 highlight the need to more precisely define the specific constructs that are being assessed by the various measures of alexithymia, and to identify overlapping and unique features....
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...When the TAS-20 subscales were examined, across diagnostic groups, only the difficulties identifying feelings factor showed a statistically significant reduction from pre- to post-treatment....
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...The majority of studies using patient and non-patient samples have replicated the 3-factor structure of the TAS-20 [16-20], although some studies using patient samples have found a 2-factor structure, with the difficulties identifying and difficulties describing feelings factors comprising a single factor [21,22]....
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...Across diagnostic groups, patients who completed the treatment reported significant reductions in eating disorder symptomatology as well as significant reductions in TAS-20 total scores....
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...An examination of alexithymia scores across studies, however, shows that across non-treatment studies, the control group scores on the TAS and TAS-20 range from 53.0 [5] to 63.7 [43] and 43.10 [28] to 47.0 [41], respectively....
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...EDI = Eating Disorder Inventory [44]; MINI = The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview [45]; DSM-III-R = Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 3 Edition Revised [46]; DSM-IV = Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4 Edition [47]; AN-R = Anorexia Nervosa – Restricting Type; AN-B/P = Anorexia Nervosa – Bingeing/Purging Type; BN = Bulimia Nervosa; BED = Binge Eating Disorder; HC = healthy control; TAS = Toronto Alexithyma Scale 26-item Version [13]; TAS-20 = Toronto Alexithymia Scale 20-item Version [16]; TAS Total = Toronto Alexithymia Scale Total Score; DIF = Toronto Alexithymia Scale Difficulties Identifying Feelings factor; DDF = Toronto Alexithymia Scale Difficulties Describing Feelings factor, EOT = Toronto Alexithymia Scale Externally Orienting Thinking factor....
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