Soontae An, Hannah Lee, Jiyoon Lee
How people react to suicidal ideation: The effect of suicide literacy, suicide stigma, and expressive suppression
Journal of clinical psychology
alexithymia inability identify recognize emotions present study examined impact alexithymia prolonged exposure pe therapy participants n 68 ptsd underwent 10 pe sessions alexithymia assessed via toronto alexithymia scale tas20 emotional clarity awareness subscales difficulties emotion regulation scale treatment outcomes assessed via ptsd checklist clinicianadministered ptsd scale diagnostic statistical manual mental disorders fifth edition posttreatment 6month followup high alexithymia likely endorse experiencing full ptsd diagnosis immediately posttreatment 1 1253 p 002 6month followup 1 1121 p 004 alexithymia associated delayed treatment effects avoidance significant reduction symptomology observed pre followup t51 452 p 001 pre posttreatment although low high alexithymia groups showed significant changes negative changes thinking mood f2 14 918 p 001 157 f2 50 1386 p 001 149 respectively high alexithymia group exhibited marginally lesser magnitude treatment effect although significantly greater difficulties emotional clarity likely drop pe treatment emotional clarity awareness moderate treatment response results confirm efficacy pe also highlight alexithymia show delayed treatment response may greater risk pathology treatment psycinfo database record c 2024 apa rights reserved