Relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders in adults with autism spectrum traits. The mediating role of alexithymia and emotional dysregulation.

Elżbieta Zdankiewicz-ŚcigałaDawid Konrad ŚcigałaJoanna SikoraWanda KwaterniakClaudio Longobardi

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Interoceptive sensibility correlated with level of alexithymia, in particular, difficulties in identifying and verbalizing emotions and emotion dysregulation in the lack of emotional awareness and lack of emotional clarity and is associated with somatoform disorders in the investigated group regardless of participants' belonging to the ASD or control group.

Keyphrases

autism spectrum disorder
intellectual disability
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
depressive symptoms
genome wide
gene expression
atomic force microscopy
mass spectrometry
dna methylation
high speed