Suvi P Dockree, Cathal W Ffrench, Jodie A L O'Hara, Paul A Carroll, Paul M Dockree, Brian E McGuire
OBJECTIVE: Alexithymia, a deficit in identifying and describing feelings, is prevalent in traumatic brain injury (TBI). Sometimes referred to as "emotional unawareness," we sought to investigate whether alexithymia after TBI was related to, or distinct from, impaired self-awareness (ISA) and whether the two predicted differentiable emotional and aggression profiles. Further, the mediating role of frontal system behaviors (disinhibition, dysexecutive function, apathy) was explored. METHOD: Participants with TBI ( N = 40) from diverse backgrounds completed self-report measures of alexithymia, emotional distress, aggression, and frontal system behaviors...
October 26, 2023: Neuropsychology