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Without words for emotions: Is the emotional processing deficit in alexithymia caused by dissociation or suppression?

Creator:

Sinnott, Christian B. and Lien, Mei-Ching

Abstract:

Alexithymia is a trait where individuals have difficulty identifying feeling and finding a word to express emotion. Some studies have suggested that this deficit is due to dissociation (repression), or an inability to perceive emotions, whereas others argued that the deficit is due to suppression of emotional information after it...

Resource Type:

Poster