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Graham, H.L. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-6602-6380, Boat, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4897-8118, Cooper, S.B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5219-5020 and Kinrade, N.P. ORCID: 0000-0001-6370-4628,
2025.
Alexithymia in athletic populations: prevalence, and relationship with self-control and reinvestment.
Personality and Individual Differences, 233: 112868.
ISSN 0191-8869
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Abstract
Alexithymia is the inability to identify or describe feelings, with a tendency for externally oriented thinking; these facets have potential benefits for athletic performance. This study explored the prevalence of alexithymia among athletes, across different sports and athletic ability, and considered the relationship between alexithymia and trait self-control, and between alexithymia and reinvestment. Athletes (N = 787) completed a 15-min online survey which comprised self-report questionnaires (e.g., demographic, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Movement Specific Reinvestment Scale (MSRS), Decision Specific Reinvestment Scale (DSRS), and The Brief Self-Control Scale). The overall prevalence of high-alexithymia was notable in an athletic population; analyzes revealed that high-static-dynamic sports had higher alexithymia scores compared to low-static-dynamic sports. Athletes with higher alexithymia scores were related to lower trait self-control, in addition to higher MSRS and DSRS scores. The findings of the present study suggest that alexithymic athletes experience emotional dysregulation issues, are more likely to engage in risky behaviors, and engage in processes which are detrimental to their performance. This study represents an initial exploration, and future research should expand upon these findings to fully determine the performance outcomes of alexithymia in sport.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||||
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| Publication Title: | Personality and Individual Differences | ||||||||
| Creators: | Graham, H.L., Boat, R., Cooper, S.B. and Kinrade, N.P. | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||||||
| Date: | February 2025 | ||||||||
| Volume: | 233 | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0191-8869 | ||||||||
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| Rights: | © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology | ||||||||
| Record created by: | Melissa Cornwell | ||||||||
| Date Added: | 25 Nov 2024 08:59 | ||||||||
| Last Modified: | 25 Nov 2024 08:59 | ||||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/52642 |
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