Features of emotional regulation and alexithymic traits during trauma experience
Abstract
The article presents data on the connection of PTSD and CPTSD symptoms with mechanisms of emotional regulation and dysregulation, alexithymic traits, and somatic symptoms. A number of psychodiagnostic methods were used to assess the studied phenomena: the International Trauma Questionnaire in the Russian adaptation by Padun M.A., Bykhovets Yu.V., Kazyumova N.N., Chentsova-Dutton Yu.E., The Pert questionnaire of alexithymia (Russian version: Larionov et al., 2023), the Russian adaptation of ERQ questionnaire by J. Gross adapted by Pankratova A.A. and Osina E.N., Emotional Dysregulation Questionnaire by Polskaya N.A. and Razvalieva A.Yu., Russian version of the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8) adapted by Zolotareva A.A. The sample consisted of students from Kursk State Medical University. The sample included 50 individuals aged 18 to 22 (average age 19 years), with 14 male students and 36 female students. The study was conducted from February 6 to May 31, 2024, at Kursk State Medical University, using paper-based methods. In the course of the study, 36 individuals were found to have experienced psychological trauma. Through statistical data analysis, a positive correlation was found between symptoms of psychological trauma (PTSD and CPTSD) with alexithymic traits, emotional dysregulation features, and somatic symptoms.
About the Authors
T. D. Vasilenko
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Kursk State Medical University" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
3 K. Marx Street, Kursk, 305041
Phone: 8 (4712) 58-81-32
E. S. Senik
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Kursk State Medical University" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
3 K. Marx Street, Kursk, 305041
Phone: 8 (4712) 58-81-32
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Vasilenko T.D., Senik E.S. Features of emotional regulation and alexithymic traits during trauma experience. Medical Psychology in Russia. 2024;16(2):7-16. (In Russ.)
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