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| Title |
Alexithymia and eating disorders: a critical review of the literature
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Eating Disorders, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/2050-2974-1-21 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Matilda E Nowakowski, Traci McFarlane, Stephanie Cassin |
| Abstract |
Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties identifying feelings and differentiating between feelings and bodily sensations, difficulties communicating feelings, and a concrete cognitive style focused on the external environment. Individuals with eating disorders have elevated levels of alexithymia, particularly difficulties identifying and describing their feelings. A number of theoretical models have suggested that individuals with eating disorders may find emotions unacceptable and/or frightening and may use their eating disorder symptoms (i.e., restricting food intake, bingeing, and/or purging) as a way to avoid or cope with their feelings. The current critical review synthesizes the literature on alexithymia and eating disorders and examines alexithymia levels across eating disorders (i.e., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and eating disorder not otherwise specified), the role of alexithymia in binge eating disorder, and the influence of alexithymia on the development of eating disorders as well as treatment outcome. The clinical implications of the research conducted to date and directions for future research are discussed. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 17 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 18% |
| Australia | 2 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 12% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Ireland | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 8 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 82% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
| Scientists | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 316 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 308 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 55 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 49 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 42 | 13% |
| Researcher | 34 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 19 | 6% |
| Other | 44 | 14% |
| Unknown | 73 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 159 | 50% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 10 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 15 | 5% |
| Unknown | 88 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 May 2023.
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#1,646,384
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#139
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#13,880
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#2
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So far Altmetric has tracked 894 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 18.3. This one has done well, scoring higher than 84% of its peers.
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