[PAR] [TLE] Alexithymia [SEP] Alexithymia is a personality construct characterized by the inability to identify and describe emotions in the self.  The core characteristics of alexithymia are marked dysfunction in emotional awareness, social attachment, and interpersonal relating.  Furthermore, people with alexithymia have difficulty in distinguishing and appreciating the emotions of others, which is thought to lead to unempathic and ineffective emotional responding.  Alexithymia occurs in approximately 10% of the population and can occur with a number of psychiatric conditions. [PAR] [TLE] Empathy [SEP] Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within the other person's frame of reference, i.e., the capacity to place oneself in another's position.  There are many definitions for empathy that encompass a broad range of emotional states. Types of empathy include cognitive empathy, emotional empathy, and empathy.
[PAR] [TLE] Alexithymia [ SEP ] Alexithymia is a personality construct characterized by the inability to identify and describe emotions in the self . The core characteristics of alexithymia are marked dysfunction in emotional awareness , social attachment , and interpersonal relating . Furthermore , people with alexithymia have difficulty in distinguishing and appreciating the emotions of others , which is thought to lead to unempathic and ineffective emotional responding . Alexithymia occurs in approximately 10 % of the population and can occur with a number of psychiatric conditions . [PAR] [TLE] Empathy [ SEP ] Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within the other person 's frame of reference , i.e. , the capacity to place oneself in another 's position . There are many definitions for empathy that encompass a broad range of emotional states . Types of empathy include cognitive empathy , emotional empathy , and empathy .
What are people lacking when they have a condition called Alexithymia, which leads to unempathic and ineffective emotional responses?
What are people lacking when they have a condition called Alexithymia , which leads to unempathic and ineffective emotional responses ?
Empathy
Empathy