Alexithymia and Irony Comprehension and their Relations with Depression, Anxiety, General Symptomatology and Personality Disorders: A Comparison Between Clinical and Non-Clinical Participants

<span>Poor awareness of one's own emotions and theory of mind appears to be a feature of many adult psychiatric conditions. In this study, we explored whether alexithymia and poor understanding of irony, both elements of the metacognitive system, were impaired in a clinical sample (</s...

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Main Authors: Giancarlo Dimaggio, Alessandra Paviglianiti, Antonino Carcione, Paul H Lysaker, Roberto Pedone, Ilaria Riccardi, Nicola Marsigli, Giuseppe Nicolò, Beatrice Sabatelli, Teresa Calarco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2011-11-01
Series:Psychologica Belgica
Online Access:http://www.psychologicabelgica.com/articles/46