62 research outputs found
Social Interaction Anxiety, Alexithymia, and Drinking Motives in Australian University Students
Alexithymia, Impulsivity, and Reward Sensitivity in Young Adult University Student Children of Alcoholics
Rash impulsiveness and negative mood, but not alexithymia or reward sensitivity, differentiate young to middle-aged chronic daily smokers from never-smokers
Alexithymia, impulsivity, disordered social media use, mood and alcohol use in relation to facebook self-disclosure
Risky cannabis use is associated with alexithymia, frontal lobe dysfunction, and impulsivity in young adult cannabis users
Self-compassion in Relation to Alexithymia, Empathy, and Negative Mood in Young Adults
Objectives Alexithymia, a trait defined by difficulties identifying and describing emotional feelings and overly concrete thinking, is a known risk factor for psychopathology. Given recent evidence that therapeutic constructs based on Buddhist concepts are positively related to emotional self-awareness and mental health, the present study examined the relationship between one such construct, self-compassion, and alexithymia as well as empathy and mood in a sample of young Australian adults. Methods Participants were 253 young adults aged 18-30 years who were recruited from two Australian universities. They were administered validated measures of alexithymia, self-compassion, and empathy via a survey-hosting website. Results Relationships among variables were as expected: alexithymia was negatively correlated with self-compassion and empathy, and the latter two variables were positively correlated with each other. After controlling for relevant covariates, alexithymia was the strongest (negative) predictor of self-compassion in a hierarchical regression model. Both alexithymia and self-compassion explained variance in negative mood (depression, anxiety, stress) in a second regression. Of the six subcomponents of self-compassion, only self-judgement was significant. Conclusions Further research is needed on alexithymia as a risk factor in young adults and the potential role of self-compassion in mitigating such risk
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