Alexithymia and Interoceptive Confusion in Covid-19 Pandemic Distress.

IF 2 Q3 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY Clinical Neuropsychiatry Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI:10.36131/cnfioritieditore20230405
Mario Miniati, Chiara Poidomani, Ciro Conversano, Graziella Orrù, Rebecca Ciacchini, Donatella Marazziti, Giulio Perugi, Angelo Gemignani, Laura Palagini
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Abstract

Objective: Alexithymic traits are associated with the difficulty of perceiving 'non-affective interoceptive signals', and are related to a problematic management of stressful life events (SLEs). The main purpose of this study was to quantify the psychological response of the general population to COVID-19 pandemic stress and to evaluate potential correlations with the presence of 'alexithymic traits' and 'interoceptive confusion' (study protocol # 0077794/2022).

Method: 175 subjects from general population were assessed with the Toronto-Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), the Event-Revised Impact Scale (IES-R), the Interoceptive Accuracy Scale (IAS), and the Interoceptive Confusion Questionnaire (ICQ).

Results: a significant relationship emerged between alexithymic traits (assessed with the TAS-20), the ICQ 'interoceptive confusion', and the domain of 'hyper-arousal' as assessed with IES-R. Logistic regression model showed that ICQ-Total Score and IES-R 'hyper-arousal' domain were significantly correlated with TAS-20 total score, with DR value (R2 corrected) explaining the 36.8% of the variability (standard error: 10.7).

Conclusions: This study, albeit with the limitations of a cross-sectional experimental design with self-evaluation tools in a general population sample, showed a vulnerability to COVID-19 pandemic stress due to high levels of hyper-arousal in subjects with alexithymic traits and interoceptive confusion.

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目的:Alexithymous特征与感知“非情感内感受信号”的困难有关,并与压力生活事件(SLEs)的管理问题有关。本研究的主要目的是量化普通人群对新冠肺炎大流行压力的心理反应,并评估其与“述情障碍特征”和“内感受性困惑”的存在之间的潜在相关性(研究方案#0077794/2022),事件修正影响量表(IES-R)、感觉准确性量表(IAS)和感觉困惑问卷(ICQ)。Logistic回归模型显示,ICQ总分和IES-R“高唤醒”域与TAS-20总分显著相关,DR值(R2校正)解释了36.8%的变异性(标准误差:10.7),表现出易受新冠肺炎大流行压力的影响,这是由于具有述情障碍特征和内感受性困惑的受试者的高水平过度兴奋所致。
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