Alexithymia, empathy, emotion identification and social inference in anorexia nervosa: A case-control study

Carla Gramaglia; Francesca Ressico; Eleonora Gambaro; Anna Palazzolo; Massimiliano Mazzarino; Fabrizio Bert; Roberta Siliquini; Patrizia Zeppegno

doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.03.028

Alexithymia, empathy, emotion identification and social inference in anorexia nervosa: A case-control study

Carla Gramaglia, Francesca Ressico, Eleonora Gambaro, Anna Palazzolo, Massimiliano Mazzarino, Fabrizio Bert, Roberta Siliquini, Patrizia Zeppegno

Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale

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Abstract

Alexithymia, difficulties in facial emotion recognition, poor socio-relational skills are typical of anorexia nervosa (AN). We assessed patients with AN and healthy controls (HCs) with mixed stimuli: questionnaires (Toronto Alexithymia Scale-TAS, Interpersonal Reactivity Index-IRI), photographs (Facial Emotion Identification Test-FEIT) and dynamic images (The Awareness of Social Inference Test-TASIT). TAS and IRI Personal Distress (PD) were higher in AN than HCs. Few or no differences emerged at the FEIT and TASIT, respectively. Larger effect sizes were found for the TAS results. Despite higher levels of alexithymia, patients with AN seem to properly acknowledge others' emotions while being inhibited in the expression of their own.

Lingua originale	Inglese
pagine (da-a)	46-50
Numero di pagine	5
Rivista	Eating Behaviors
Volume	22
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.03.028
Stato di pubblicazione	Pubblicato - 1 ago 2016

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Alexithymia, empathy, emotion identification and social inference in anorexia nervosa: A case-control study

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