Frontiers In Psychology ( IF 2.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-25 , DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.588001 Andrew J. Lampi , Vikram K. Jaswal , Tanya M. Evans
Alexithymia is a subclinical trait involving difficulty describing and identifying emotions. It is common in a number of psychiatric conditions. Alexithymia in children is sometimes measured by parent report and sometimes by child self-report, but it is not yet known how closely related the two measures are. This is an important question both theoretically and practically, in terms of research design and clinical practice. We conducted a preliminary study to investigate this question in a sample of 6- to 11-year-old neurotypical children and their parents (
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儿童Alexithymia的父母和孩子的报道有多密切的关联?
Alexithymia是一种亚临床特征,涉及描述和识别情绪的困难。在许多精神疾病中很常见。有时通过父母的报告,有时通过孩子的自我报告来衡量儿童的Alexethymia,但目前尚不清楚这两种方法之间的密切关系。就研究设计和临床实践而言,这在理论上和实践上都是一个重要的问题。我们进行了一项初步研究,以调查6至11岁神经型儿童及其父母的样本中的这个问题(