Alexithymia and autism spectrum disorder : a complex relationship

• Main Authors: Poquérusse, Jessie, Pastore, Luigi, Dellantonio, Sara, Esposito, Gianluca
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Autism Spectrum Disorders; Alexithymia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85801; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45100
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Alexithymia is a personality construct characterized by altered emotional awareness which has been gaining diagnostic prevalence in a range of neuropsychiatric disorders, with notably high rates of overlap with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the nature of its role in ASD symptomatology rem...