The Children’s Alexithymia Measure (CAM) is designed to be completed by a parent or other caregiver who has known the child for some time. The CAM was developed in a study of caregivers of children ages 5-17 (Way, Applegate, Cai, Kimball-Franck, Black-Pond, Yelsma, Roberts, Hyter, & Muliett, 2010).

2020年1月27日 · Many autistic people (40–65% or more) have alexithymia, a condition characterized by the inability to identify and describe emotions in the self, and several features commonly attributed to autism.

2025年1月5日 · The understanding of the relation between autism and alexithymia could potentially help parents to better understand their child’s condition and enable better intervention practice to help improve their child’s emotional regulation. What is alexithymia? Alexithymia is defined as the inability to recognize or identify your own emotions.

Here, we present the first study to examine alexithymia in children with ASD. We find that alexithymia is substantially elevated in ASD on both self- and parent-report measures. Despite both measures being sensitive to on-average group differentiation, we find no evidence of correlation between such measures, indicating that children and their ...

2011年7月25日 · Children’s Alexithymia Measure (CAM): A new instrument for screening difficulties with emotional expression. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 3, 303-318. Who completes the CAM? The Children’s Alexithymia Measure (CAM) is designed to be completed by a parent or other caregiver who has known the child for some time.

This study had two aims. Firstly, the psychometric properties of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children (AQC) that measure the three dimensions of alexithymia (DIF, difficulty identifying ...

2020年3月16日 · This study examines alexithymia and perceived attachment to parents in twenty-four children with ASD (without intellectual disability) and 24 typically developing (TD) children (mean age 10 years) using the self-reported Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children (AQC) and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA).

2024年9月10日 · Despite its recognized importance, research on alexithymia in early childhood is sparse. This study addresses this gap by investigating alexithymia in preschool-aged children and its correlation with psychopathology, along with parental alexithymia.

Accurate measures of alexithymia, an inability to recognise and describe one’s own emotions, that are suitable for children are crucial for research into alexithymia’s development. However, previous research suggests that parent versus child reports ...

Alexithymia is a term to describe problems with feeling emotions. In Greek, it loosely translates to “no words for emotion.” It is estimated that 1 in 10 people has alexithymia, but it is much more common in those with depression and in autistic people. 1 in 5 autistic people have alexithymia.