Alexithymia - Understanding emotional blindness
from Talking Children Podcast Hosted by Sarah Verdon
In this episode with discuss alexithymia and how this can present in children. This is common among neurodivergent people especially Autistics. We also provide lots of tips to support kids who experience this. Resources Brene Brown 87 emotions https://brenebrown.com/resources/atlas-of-the-heart-list-of-emotions/ Koppelberg, P., Kersting, A. & Suslow, T. (2023). Alexithymia and interpersonal problems in healthy young individuals. BMC Psychiatry 23, 688. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05191-z Lee, K. S., Murphy, J., Catmur, C., Bird,G., & Hobson, H. (2022). Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 141(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104864. Oakley BFM, Jones EJH, Crawley D, et al. (2020). Alexithymia in autism: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with social-communication difficulties, anxiety and depression symptoms. Psychological Medicine, 52(8), 1458-1470. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720003244 Schroeders U, Kubera F, Gnambs T. (2022). The Structure of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20): A Meta-Analytic Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Assessment, 29(8), 1806-1823. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911211033894
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