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Alexithymia and Attachment Style in Patients With Somatic Symptoms
Sponsor: Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS
Summary
To evaluate whether emotional awareness, attachment style and the ability to abstract and symbolize (IQ) influence the appearance of somatic symptoms. Hypothesis: the investigators expect the presence of somatic symptoms linked to the lower ability of emotional awareness, to lower ability to abstract and symbolize and to an insecure attachment style.
Official title: Somatic Symptoms, Alexithymia and Styles of Attachment: a Cross-sectional Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
11 Years - 17 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
300
Start Date
2021-06-15
Completion Date
2026-12
Last Updated
2025-09-26
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
psychological assessment
The intervention consists in the assessment of some psychological aspects (emotional awareness, attachment style and the ability to abstract and symbolize (IQ)) of pediatric patients who present with somatic symptom disorders. , through specific tests. Each patient fills out the test battery during the psychological consult. At the same time, it is involved a parent to collect personal and clinical data through an ad hoc questionnaire.
Locations (2)
Meyer Children's Hospital
Florence, Firenze, Italy
IRCCS Gianna Gaslini
Genova, Italy