New study reveals that the inability to identify and describe one's own emotions (i.e., alexithymia) mediates the relationship between psychopathy and both empathy deficits and emotion dysregulati...
New study reveals that the inability to identify and describe one's own emotions (i.e., alexithymia) mediates the relationship between psychopathy and both empathy deficits and emotion dysregulati...
Psychopathy is a severe personality disorder marked by a wide range of emotional deficits, including a lack of empathy, emotion dysregulation, and alexithymia. Previous research has largely examined these emotional impairments in isolation, ignoring their influence on each other. Thus, we examined t...
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Original Title: New study reveals that the inability to identify and describe one's own emotions (i.e., alexithymia) mediates the relationship between psychopathy and both empathy deficits and emotion dysregulation. This suggests the potential benefit of addressing alexithymia in the treatment of psychopathy.