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Schiewer, Vera, Dietz, Thilo, Tavenrath, Sally, Oeztuerk-Arenz, Hulya, Jaeger, Reinhold S., Klein, Anne, Labouvie, Hildegard and Kusch, Michael (2022). Common foundation of alexithymia and expressive suppression Results of an empirical study. Psychotherapeut, 67 (2). S. 166 - 176. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1432-2080

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Abstract

Background International studies could already prove a correlation between alexithymia and expressive suppression. This relationship has only been marginally considered in the German literature so far. The prioritized aim of the present study was to investigate a correlative and factorial relationship between alexithymia and expressive suppression. Material and methods A total of 317 persons participated in an online survey. Data on alexithymia and expressive suppression were collected using the German versions of the Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-26) and the emotion regulation questionnaire (ERQ). Results The results showed highly significant correlations between the TAS-26 subscale difficulty in identifying feelings and the ERQ scale suppression (r = 0.5; p < 0.001) and between the TAS-26 subscale difficulty in describing feelings and the ERQ scale suppression (r = 0.64; p < 0.001). The results of an exploratory factor analysis revealed a two-factor solution with common factor for the TAS-26 subscales difficulty in identifying feelings and difficulty in describing feelings and the ERQ scale suppression with a common variance of 38.2% (chi(2) = 363.843, p < 0.001, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin, KMO, value = 0.699). Conclusion The results indicate that the TAS-26 scales in the components difficulty in identifying feelings and difficulty in describing feelings and the ERQ scale suppression in the component of expressive suppression have a common construct, which is referred to with the term speechlessness.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Schiewer, Vera UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dietz, Thilo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tavenrath, Sally UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Oeztuerk-Arenz, Hulya UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Jaeger, Reinhold S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Klein, Anne UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Labouvie, Hildegard UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kusch, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-574045
DOI:	10.1007/s00278-021-00546-x
Journal or Publication Title:	Psychotherapeut
Volume:	67
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 166 - 176
Date:	2022
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1432-2080
Language:	German
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EMOTION REGULATION QUESTIONNAIRE; AFFECTIVE AGNOSIA EXPANSION; GERMAN VERSION; SCALE; VALIDATION; CONSTRUCT; OPPORTUNITY; INTEGRATE; CANCER; MODEL Multiple languages Psychology, Clinical; Psychology, Psychoanalysis Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/57404