Association Between Alexithymia and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00599

. 2018 Apr 25:9:599.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00599. eCollection 2018.

Association Between Alexithymia and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

Michiko Kano^{1

2

3}, Yuka Endo³, Shin Fukudo^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
² Behavioral Medicine, Graduated School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
³ Psychosomatic Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

PMID: 29922191
PMCID: PMC5996925
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00599

Association Between Alexithymia and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

Michiko Kano et al. Front Psychol. 2018.

. 2018 Apr 25:9:599.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00599. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Michiko Kano^{1

2

3}, Yuka Endo³, Shin Fukudo^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
² Behavioral Medicine, Graduated School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
³ Psychosomatic Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

PMID: 29922191
PMCID: PMC5996925
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00599

No abstract available

Keywords: Irritable Bowel Syndrome; alexithymia; functional dyspepsia; functional gastrointestinal disorders; somatoform amplification.

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[1] Arun P. (1998). Alexithymia in irritable bowel syndrome. Ind. J. Psychiatry 40, 79–83. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Arun P. (1998). Alexithymia in irritable bowel syndrome. Ind. J. Psychiatry 40, 79–83. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Bagby R. M., Paker J. D., Talor G. J. (1994a). The twenty-item Toronto alexithymia scale I. Item selection and cross-validation of the factor structure. J. Psychosom. Res. 38, 33–40. 10.1016/0022-3999(94)90006-X - DOI - PubMed

[4] Bagby R. M., Paker J. D., Talor G. J. (1994a). The twenty-item Toronto alexithymia scale I. Item selection and cross-validation of the factor structure. J. Psychosom. Res. 38, 33–40. 10.1016/0022-3999(94)90006-X - DOI - PubMed

[5] Bagby R. M., Talor G. J., Paker J. D. (1994b). The twenty-item Toronto alexithymia Scale II Convergent, discriminant, and concurrent validity. J. Psychosom. Res. 38, 23–32. 10.1016/0022-3999(94)90005-1 - DOI - PubMed

[6] Bagby R. M., Talor G. J., Paker J. D. (1994b). The twenty-item Toronto alexithymia Scale II Convergent, discriminant, and concurrent validity. J. Psychosom. Res. 38, 23–32. 10.1016/0022-3999(94)90005-1 - DOI - PubMed

[7] Bagby R. M., Taylor G. J., Parker J. D., Dickens S. E. (2006). The development of the Toronto structured interview for alexithymia: item selection, factor structure, reliability and concurrent validity. Psychother. Psychosom. 75, 25–39. 10.1159/000089224 - DOI - PubMed

[8] Bagby R. M., Taylor G. J., Parker J. D., Dickens S. E. (2006). The development of the Toronto structured interview for alexithymia: item selection, factor structure, reliability and concurrent validity. Psychother. Psychosom. 75, 25–39. 10.1159/000089224 - DOI - PubMed

[9] Bird G., Silani G., Brindley R., White S., Frith U., Singer T. (2010). Empathic brain responses in insula are modulated by levels of alexithymia but not autism. Brain 133(Pt 5), 1515–1525. 10.1093/brain/awq060 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Bird G., Silani G., Brindley R., White S., Frith U., Singer T. (2010). Empathic brain responses in insula are modulated by levels of alexithymia but not autism. Brain 133(Pt 5), 1515–1525. 10.1093/brain/awq060 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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