Objective Twenty-five years ago, this journal published two articles reporting the
development and initial validation of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Since …

Alexithymia is a multifaceted personality construct characterised by difficulties identifying
one's feelings and distinguishing them from bodily sensations, difficulties describing one's …

An extensive body of research on the alexithymia construct is reviewed to show how various
empirical methodologies can be used to evaluate the validity and increase our …

Research has established that chronic stress, including traumatic events, leads to adverse
health outcomes. The literature has primarily used two approaches: examining the effect of …

Background For a long time, Lebanon has been considered an unstable country. This can
have a negative impact on Lebanese adolescents that consequently face secondary …

The recent proposal of a new type of agnosia termed 'affective agnosia'extends Freud's
legacy and captures the concept of not knowing one's own emotions. This concept links well …

Alexithymia is a multidimensional trait comprised of difficulties identifying feelings, difficulties
describing feelings, and externally orientated thinking. It is most commonly assessed using …

Self-knowledge has never been a central topic; in empirical psychology. There are pockets
of research on self-knowledge in different subdisciplines of the field, but until now there has …

Many adults who experience severe mental illness also suffer from deficits in metacognition-
put simply, thinking about one's own thought processes-limiting their abilities to recognize …

Alexithymia and increased interoceptive awareness have been associated with affective
disorders as well as with altered insula and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) function. Brain …