Alexithymia in chronic schizophrenia and its mediating effect between cognitive deficits and negative symptoms.
Lijuan HuoDiyang QuChenran PeiWeibin WuYuping NingYongjie ZhouXiang Yang Zhang
Published in: Schizophrenia research (2023)
Our findings demonstrated a high occurrence of alexithymia in patients with schizophrenia. Moreover, the mediating role of alexithymia suggests that targeting emotion processing and cognition may be a feasible way to mitigate negative symptoms.