Alexithymia: A Narrative Approach to Understanding an Alexithymic Profile

Davis, S, Rose, SE, Herron, D and Elliott, JM (2025) Alexithymia: A Narrative Approach to Understanding an Alexithymic Profile. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 22 (2). ISSN 1544-4759

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Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between Alexithymia and a variety of environmental, genetic, and biological influences. A narrative questionnaire incorporating 98 variables believed to be associated with Alexithymia was employed to gain responses from 82 participants in a non-clinical sample and 80 participants in a clinical sample. A smallest space analysis was used to analyze the responses and identify any narratives associated with Alexithymia. The results revealed five narratives, The Compromised Child, The Compromised Adult, The Warrior, The Nurtured Child and The Alexithymic. The findings provide useful insights into who is most at risk of Alexithymia, what environmental factors may exacerbate it, and how to create more effective treatment pathways.

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Additional Information:	This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Davis, S., Rose, S.E., Herron, D. and Elliott, J.M. (2025), Alexithymia: A Narrative Approach to Understanding an Alexithymic Profile. J Investig Psychol Offender Profil, 22: e70002. https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.70002, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.70002. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	5204 Cognitive and Computational Psychology; 5205 Social and Personality Psychology; 44 Human Society; 4402 Criminology; 52 Psychology; Clinical Research; 1602 Criminology; 1701 Psychology; 4402 Criminology; 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology; 5205 Social and personality psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Psychology (from Sep 2019)
Publisher:	Wiley
Date of acceptance:	6 April 2025
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2025 11:47
Last Modified:	03 Jun 2025 11:47
DOI or ID number:	10.1002/jip.70002
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/26498

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