The inadequacy of a categorial approach to mental health diagnosis is now well-recognised,
with many authors, diagnostic manuals and funding bodies advocating a dimensional, trans …

Afferent neural signals are continuously transmitted from visceral organs to the brain.
Interoception refers to the processing of visceral-afferent neural signals by the central …

Abstract The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is a 10-item self-report measure of 2
emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. It is a …

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries worldwide have put lockdowns in place
to prevent the virus from spreading. Evidence shows that lockdown measures can affect …

Alexithymia is an important mental health construct, but there is continuing debate regarding
its definition and measurement. We attempt to resolve this definitional uncertainty in two …

Interoception, the perception of one's internal state, is commonly quantified using the
heartbeat counting task (HCT)–which is thought to be a measure of cardiac interoceptive …

Alexithymia is a trait comprising people's ability to focus attention on and accurately
appraise their own emotions. Its assessment is of clinical interest because people who have …

Interoception is the ability to perceive one's internal body state including visceral sensations.
Heart-focused interoception has received particular attention, in part due to a readily …

Emotion regulation problems underlie the abnormal levels of negative or positive emotion
that characterise many forms of psychopathology. Several self-report measures of emotion …

Background: Given the role of alexithymia—as the inability to identify, differentiate, and
express emotions—in chronic and immune-mediated illness, this systematic review …