Специфика вербального описания боли подростками с высоким уровнем алекситимии
Verbal description of pain by adolescents with high levels of alexithymia

Summary/Abstract: Alexithymia refers to a specific cognitive-affective disturbance characterized by difficulties in identifying and verbalizing sensations, feelings, and emotions. It has been investigated from various perspectives: psychological, clinical, cognitive, social, and, to a much lesser extent, linguistic. Over the past two decades, a series of interdisciplinary studies with alexithymic adults, including Russian-speaking samples, have led to the development of linguistically valid diagnostic tools that are now successfully used in clinical practice to treat adult patients with high levels of alexithymia. Much less is known about alexithymia in children and adolescents, and the association between alexithymia and language deficits in Russian-speaking samples of these age groups has received only sporadic attention. In the present article, the verbalization of pain sensations among adolescents with high levels of alexithymia is analyzed. Their perception of clinical pain descriptors is described. A new tool for diagnosing pain conditions in adolescents is proposed.

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