Adolescent dissociation and alexithymia are distinctive but overlapping phenomena.

Findings on the association between dissociation and alexithymia in adult populations are inconsistent. Dissociation has also been related to other types of psychopathology. Few studies have been published on these connections among adolescents. We examined the association between Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (A-DES) scores and those for the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS), the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-21) and the Youth Self-Report (YSR), as well as subscales of the TAS and the YSR, in a sample of Finnish adolescents aged 13 to 18 years (n=4019). Factor analysis suggested that dissociation can be considered distinctive from other psychopathology. A-DES scores, however, associated strongly with several other scales and subscales measuring psychiatric symptoms. In logistic regression models the strongest associations were observable between the A-DES and TAS subscale 'difficulty identifying feelings' (DIF) and the YSR subscale 'thought problems'. Thus, dissociation and alexithymia can be considered distinctive but overlapping phenomena.

Tolmunen T ，Honkalampi K ，Hintikka J ，Rissanen ML ，Maaranen P ，Kylmä J ，Laukkanen E ... -  《PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH》

Alexithymia and dissociative tendencies in an adolescent sample from Eastern Turkey.

Sayar K ，Kose S ，Grabe HJ ，Topbas M ... -  《PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES》

[Factorial analysis and internal consistency of the French version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS 20), in obese women].

Pinaquy S ，Chabrol H ，Barbe P 《ENCEPHALE-REVUE DE PSYCHIATRIE CLINIQUE BIOLOGIQUE ET THERAPEUTIQUE》

[The 20-item Toronto alexithymia scale: structural validity, internal consistency and prevalence of alexithymia in a Swiss adolescent sample].

Zimmermann G ，Quartier V ，Bernard M ，Salamin V ，Maggiori C ... -  《ENCEPHALE-REVUE DE PSYCHIATRIE CLINIQUE BIOLOGIQUE ET THERAPEUTIQUE》

The prevalence of alexithymia and its relationship with Youth Self-Report problem scales among Finnish adolescents.

Honkalampi K ，Tolmunen T ，Hintikka J ，Rissanen ML ，Kylmä J ，Laukkanen E ... -  《-》