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

<h4>Objective</h4>The purpose of the study is to analyses the relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders among persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It has been assumed that the interoceptive sensibility is accompanied by a high level of alexithymia an...

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Autores principales:	Elżbieta Zdankiewicz-Ścigała, Dawid Ścigała, Joanna Sikora, Wanda Kwaterniak, Claudio Longobardi
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a57416b87ac943c1aa02106414ded55d2021-12-02T20:17:38ZRelationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders in adults with autism spectrum traits. The mediating role of alexithymia and emotional dysregulation.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0255460https://doaj.org/article/a57416b87ac943c1aa02106414ded55d2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255460https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Objective</h4>The purpose of the study is to analyses the relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders among persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It has been assumed that the interoceptive sensibility is accompanied by a high level of alexithymia and emotion dysregulation in somatoform disorders.<h4>Methods</h4>Persons under the care of the foundation helping people with ASD were asked to participate in the study. In total, 205 people took part in the research. The participants aged from 18 to 63 (M = 34.91; SD = 8.44). The ASD group comprised 79 persons (38.5% of subjects). The control group comprised 126 individuals (61.5% of subjects). Participants completed self-report questionnaires measuring autism (AQ), interoceptive sensibility (BPQ), alexithymia (TAS20), emotional dysregulation (DERS), and somatoform disorder (SDQ).<h4>Results</h4>The analyses showed a moderation effect of the group, which indicates the existence of a relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders to the greater extent in the clinical group than in the control group. In addition, the serial multiple mediation model analysis allowed to verify the mediating effect of emotion dysregulation and alexithymia on the abovementioned relationship. The indirect effect, which assumed the mediating role of alexithymia turned out to be significant, contrary to the indirect effect where emotion dysregulation was a mediator in a situation where both variables were applied simultaneously.<h4>Conclusions</h4>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.Elżbieta Zdankiewicz-ŚcigałaDawid ŚcigałaJoanna SikoraWanda KwaterniakClaudio LongobardiPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0255460 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Elżbieta Zdankiewicz-Ścigała Dawid Ścigała Joanna Sikora Wanda Kwaterniak Claudio Longobardi Relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders in adults with autism spectrum traits. The mediating role of alexithymia and emotional dysregulation.
description	<h4>Objective</h4>The purpose of the study is to analyses the relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders among persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It has been assumed that the interoceptive sensibility is accompanied by a high level of alexithymia and emotion dysregulation in somatoform disorders.<h4>Methods</h4>Persons under the care of the foundation helping people with ASD were asked to participate in the study. In total, 205 people took part in the research. The participants aged from 18 to 63 (M = 34.91; SD = 8.44). The ASD group comprised 79 persons (38.5% of subjects). The control group comprised 126 individuals (61.5% of subjects). Participants completed self-report questionnaires measuring autism (AQ), interoceptive sensibility (BPQ), alexithymia (TAS20), emotional dysregulation (DERS), and somatoform disorder (SDQ).<h4>Results</h4>The analyses showed a moderation effect of the group, which indicates the existence of a relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders to the greater extent in the clinical group than in the control group. In addition, the serial multiple mediation model analysis allowed to verify the mediating effect of emotion dysregulation and alexithymia on the abovementioned relationship. The indirect effect, which assumed the mediating role of alexithymia turned out to be significant, contrary to the indirect effect where emotion dysregulation was a mediator in a situation where both variables were applied simultaneously.<h4>Conclusions</h4>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.
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author	Elżbieta Zdankiewicz-Ścigała Dawid Ścigała Joanna Sikora Wanda Kwaterniak Claudio Longobardi
author_facet	Elżbieta Zdankiewicz-Ścigała Dawid Ścigała Joanna Sikora Wanda Kwaterniak Claudio Longobardi
author_sort	Elżbieta Zdankiewicz-Ścigała
title	Relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders in adults with autism spectrum traits. The mediating role of alexithymia and emotional dysregulation.
title_short	Relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders in adults with autism spectrum traits. The mediating role of alexithymia and emotional dysregulation.
title_full	Relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders in adults with autism spectrum traits. The mediating role of alexithymia and emotional dysregulation.
title_fullStr	Relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders in adults with autism spectrum traits. The mediating role of alexithymia and emotional dysregulation.
title_full_unstemmed	Relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders in adults with autism spectrum traits. The mediating role of alexithymia and emotional dysregulation.
title_sort	relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders in adults with autism spectrum traits. the mediating role of alexithymia and emotional dysregulation.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/a57416b87ac943c1aa02106414ded55d
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Relationship between interoceptive sensibility and somatoform disorders in adults with autism spectrum traits. The mediating role of alexithymia and emotional dysregulation.

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