Search for dissertations about: "Alexithymia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the word Alexithymia.

2. 1. Alexithymia : A Psychological Analysis Based on Clinical and Healthy Individuals

   Author : Modji Mortazavi; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Alexithymia; personality; psychosomatic disorders; psychotic characteristics; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Individuals with an alexithymic personality trait have been described as having not only difficulties in expressing and differentiating emotions, but also as having characteristics similar to psychotic individuals. Further, the alexithymic trait is believed to cause the individual psychosomatic disorders. READ MORE

4. 2. Alexithymia : studies of alexithymia in relation to somatic complaints, cognitive bias, emotion, and affect intensity

   Author : Margareta Simonsson-Sarnecki; Gunnar Lundh; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Affective symptoms; Psychology; Psychosomatic medicine; Alextymi; Psykosomatiska sjukdomar; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : This thesis presents four studies on alexithymia, measured by the twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), and explores its relation to somatization, cognitive bias, emotion, and affect intensity. Alexithymia, by definition, involves difficulties in identifying and describing emotions, and has been assumed to be associated with somatization. READ MORE

5. 3. Alexithymia : background and consequences

   Author : Margareta Posse; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Alexithymia; somatization; depressive symptoms; personality traits; somatic and psychic anxiety; social disability; psychosocial stress; gastrointestinal symptoms; prevalence; primary care; occupational health; longitudinal study;

   Abstract : Aims of the study: The aim of this thesis was to acquire a deeper understanding of alexithymia and its correlates by establishing its nature of state or trait (stability over time), its prevalence among primary care patients and its prevalence in a working female population. We also aimed at identifying some of the psychological factors that are predictive of alexithymia as well as some of its consequences. READ MORE

6. 4. Psychosomatic aspects on diabetes and chronic pain Alexithymia, depression and salivary cortisol The Affect School and Script Analysis Therapy

   Author : Eva Melin; Lund Medicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; depression; Alexithymia; anxiety; chronic benign pain; diabetes mellitus; midnight salivary cortisol; HbA1c; RCT; Affect School; Basic Body Awareness; psychosomatics.;

   Abstract : This thesis explores links between psyche and soma in diabetes and in chronic benign pain (CBP). Interventions with Affect School and Script Analysis (ASSA) compared to Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) are tried. In a feasibility and treatment efficacy study we offered ASSA to 59 patients with CBP, and 54 (92%) completed. READ MORE

7. 5. Anorexia Nervosa : Emotion, Cognition, and Treatment

   Author : Thomas Parling; Ata Ghaderi; Per Johnsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Anorexia Nervosa; subthreshold Anorexia Nervosa; emotional awareness; implicit attitudes; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; alexithymia; Relational Frame Theory; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious disorder with long-term consequences for those afflicted. No evidence-based care is available for adults with full or subthreshold AN. The thesis research investigated aspects of emotion and cognition relevant to the maintenance of AN that might inform psychological treatment. READ MORE