Publication date: Jul 18, 2023

In Kinnard et al. s (2019) study autistic individuals scored higher in all key dimensions of alexithymia, especially on difficulties with identifying their feelings and describing them. Other models of alexithymia suggest a lack of integration of physiological arousal induced by an emotional state within conscious awareness. Preece et al. (2017) proposed an attention-appraisal model of alexithymia, suggesting that the core components of alexithymia reflect difficulties with focusing of attention on emotion, and difficulties with appraising emotion. Some variables relate to autistic individuals unique perception and information processing, including sensitivities to sensory information. It makes sense that a limited understanding of ones inner experience impact’s on how it is regulated. Costa et al. (2019) suggests that estimates of alexithymia in autistic population vary between 33 and 64 percent. The term alexithymia translates into English as “no words for emotions. “

Semantics