Alexithymia in eating disorders: Systematic review and meta-analyses of studies using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale

• Published in: Journal of psychosomatic research Vol. 99; pp. 66 - 81
• Main Authors: Westwood, Heather, Kerr-Gaffney, Jess, Stahl, Daniel, Tchanturia, Kate
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 01.08.2017; Elsevier Science Ltd; Pergamon Press
• Subjects: Adult; Affective Symptoms - psychology; Alexithymia; Anorexia; Binge eating; Bulimia; Bulimia nervosa; Canada; Eating disorder; Eating disorders; Emotion recognition; Emotions; Feeding and Eating Disorders - psychology; Female; Healthy food; Humans; Labeling; Labelling; Male; Meta-analysis; Psychiatry; Self report; Systematic review; Emotion recognition; Systematic review; Eating disorder; Alexithymia; Meta-analysis

The aim of this review was to synthesise the literature on the use of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) in eating disorder populations and Healthy Controls (HCs) and to compare TAS scores in these groups. Electronic databases were searched systematically for studies using the TAS and meta-analyses...