Functional somatic complaints in pediatric age: alexithymia or anxiety and depression? An outstanding debate
- Authors: Daniela Smirni
- Publication year: 2020
- Type: Contributo in atti di convegno pubblicato in rivista
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/432759
Abstract
Recent studies suggest that just focusing on the direct relationship between emotional awareness and somatic complaints may be a simplified perspective, as functional somatic complaints are often associated with anxiety and depression symptoms, increased levels of stress, stronger negative affect, supporting the hypothesis that poor emotion awareness might have an impact on anxiety and depression and secondarily on somatic complaints.