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  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Alexithymia involves difficulties identifying and describing emotions.
  • Externally oriented thinking (EOT) and fantasizing vary among individuals with alexithymia.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) mediates the relationship between EOT and fantasizing.
  • To explore the role of SPS facets in the alexithymia-fantasizing link.

Main Methods:

  • Two studies involving university students (N=700 and N=600).
  • Participants completed measures of alexithymia, EOT, SPS, and fantasizing.
  • Statistical analyses identified clusters of SPS traits and mediation pathways.

Main Results:

  • Study 1: Low EOT scores predicted stronger positive and negative SPS traits, which predicted increased fantasizing.
  • Study 2: EOT's link to fantasizing was mediated by fantasy proneness and emotional reactivity (SPS features).
  • Identified two SPS clusters: sensitivity to subtle stimuli and sensitivity to uncomfortable stimuli.

Conclusions:

  • Individuals with low EOT may have richer inner lives due to enhanced working memory representations and emotional reactions to imagined events.
  • Heightened SPS features may promote cognitive styles that utilize imagery for deep processing of narrative content.
  • SPS appears to be a key mediator in the relationship between alexithymia characteristics and fantasizing ability.