A transdiagnostic approach to psychiatric disorders presents an opportunity to evaluate the relationship between alexithymia and the concepts of psychopathology according to the psychological flexibility model. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between alexithymia, cognitive fusion and experiential avoidance. A total of 133 outpatient participants were included in this cross-sectional study. Sociodemographic Data Form, Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20, Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and Ten-Item Personality Inventory were used. The non-alexithymic group consisted of 37 participants while the alexithymic group of 26. The alexithymic group had higher scores in terms of depression, anxiety, experiential avoidance, and cognitive fusion. Difficulty in identifying and differentiating feelings and total alexithymia scores had positive correlations with anxiety, experiential avoidance, and cognitive fusion. In hierarchical regression analysis, the only difficulty in identifying feelings was predicted by both experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion. These results revealed that alexithymia might also be conceptualized adopting the psychological flexibility point of view.

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经验回避和认知融合与述情障碍有何关联？

精神障碍的跨诊断方法提供了一个机会，可以根据心理灵活性模型评估述情障碍与精神病理学概念之间的关系。本研究旨在探讨述情障碍、认知融合和经验回避之间的关系。该横断面研究共包括 133 名门诊参与者。使用社会人口学数据表、多伦多述情障碍量表-20、接受和行动问卷-II、认知融合问卷、医院焦虑和抑郁量表和十项人格量表。非述情障碍组有 37 名参与者，而述情障碍组有 26 名参与者。述情障碍组在抑郁、焦虑、体验性回避和认知融合方面得分较高。识别和区分感觉的困难以及述情障碍总分与焦虑、经验回避和认知融合呈正相关。在层次回归分析中，唯一识别感觉的困难是通过经验回避和认知融合来预测的。这些结果表明，述情障碍也可能采用心理灵活性的观点来概念化。