Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis
Alexithymia, including the inability to identify and express one’s own feelings, is a subclinical condition responsible for some of the socioemotional symptoms seen across a range of psychiatric conditions. The language hypothesis of alexithymia posits a language-mediated disruption in the developme...
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Elsevier
2022
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| author | Lee, KS Murphy, J Catmur, C Bird, G Hobson, H |
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| description | Alexithymia, including the inability to identify and express one’s own feelings, is a subclinical condition responsible for some of the socioemotional symptoms seen across a range of psychiatric conditions. The language hypothesis of alexithymia posits a language-mediated disruption in the development of discrete emotion concepts from ambiguous affective states, exacerbating the risk of developing alexithymia in language-impaired individuals. To provide a critical evaluation, a systematic review and meta-analysis of 29 empirical studies of language functioning in alexithymia was performed. A modest association was found between alexithymia and multi-domain language deficits (r = -.14), including structural language, pragmatics, and propensity to use emotional language. A more theoretically-relevant subsample analysis comparing alexithymia levels in language-impaired and typical individuals revealed larger effects, but a limited number of studies adopted this approach. A synthesis of 11 emotional granularity studies also found an association between alexithymia and reduced emotional granularity (r = -.10). Language impairments seem to increase the risk of alexithymia. Heterogeneous samples and methods suggest the need for studies with improved alexithymia assessments.
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ff44c648-aef3-44a1-a1cc-756c863ee0dd2022-12-12T11:54:38ZFurthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysisJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ff44c648-aef3-44a1-a1cc-756c863ee0ddEnglishSymplectic ElementsElsevier2022Lee, KSMurphy, JCatmur, CBird, GHobson, HAlexithymia, including the inability to identify and express one’s own feelings, is a subclinical condition responsible for some of the socioemotional symptoms seen across a range of psychiatric conditions. The language hypothesis of alexithymia posits a language-mediated disruption in the development of discrete emotion concepts from ambiguous affective states, exacerbating the risk of developing alexithymia in language-impaired individuals. To provide a critical evaluation, a systematic review and meta-analysis of 29 empirical studies of language functioning in alexithymia was performed. A modest association was found between alexithymia and multi-domain language deficits (r = -.14), including structural language, pragmatics, and propensity to use emotional language. A more theoretically-relevant subsample analysis comparing alexithymia levels in language-impaired and typical individuals revealed larger effects, but a limited number of studies adopted this approach. A synthesis of 11 emotional granularity studies also found an association between alexithymia and reduced emotional granularity (r = -.10). Language impairments seem to increase the risk of alexithymia. Heterogeneous samples and methods suggest the need for studies with improved alexithymia assessments. |
| spellingShingle | Lee, KS Murphy, J Catmur, C Bird, G Hobson, H Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis |
| title | Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis |
| title_full | Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis |
| title_fullStr | Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis |
| title_short | Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis |
| title_sort | furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia an integrated review and meta analysis |
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