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Occurrence of Alexithymia and Its Association with Sports Practice from a Sample of University Students: Results from a French Cross-Sectional Study
Background: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of alexithymia in a sample of university students and to determine its association with specific sports practice characteristics (competition and training). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, anthropometric data and characteristics of sport...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9141175/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35627924 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050788 |
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author | Proença Lopes, Catarina Allado, Edem Essadek, Aziz Poussel, Mathias Henry, Audrey Albuisson, Eliane Hamroun, Aghilès Chenuel, Bruno |
author_facet | Proença Lopes, Catarina Allado, Edem Essadek, Aziz Poussel, Mathias Henry, Audrey Albuisson, Eliane Hamroun, Aghilès Chenuel, Bruno |
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description | Background: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of alexithymia in a sample of university students and to determine its association with specific sports practice characteristics (competition and training). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, anthropometric data and characteristics of sport practice were collected, as well as level of alexithymia (Toronto Alexithymia Scale, (TAS-20)). Results: The study included 253 French university students who completed a questionnaire specifying their regular sports practice and level of alexithymia (TAS-20). We found 76 subjects (30%) who had proven alexithymia and 92 (36.4%) who were borderline alexithymic. A significant positive relationship between alexithymia and the weekly amount of training practice was observed. It should be noted that students who engage in more than 5 h of physical activity are more prone to be borderline or alexithymic (respectively, 19.6 and 19.7% versus 7.1% for non-alexithymics; p = 0.03). Conclusion: With a 30% frequency, alexithymia is more prevalent in this context than in the general population. Furthermore, alexithymia and borderline alexithymia are most favorably associated with higher physical activity (over 5 h per week). |
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spelling | pubmed-91411752022-05-28 Occurrence of Alexithymia and Its Association with Sports Practice from a Sample of University Students: Results from a French Cross-Sectional Study Proença Lopes, Catarina Allado, Edem Essadek, Aziz Poussel, Mathias Henry, Audrey Albuisson, Eliane Hamroun, Aghilès Chenuel, Bruno Healthcare (Basel) Article Background: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of alexithymia in a sample of university students and to determine its association with specific sports practice characteristics (competition and training). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, anthropometric data and characteristics of sport practice were collected, as well as level of alexithymia (Toronto Alexithymia Scale, (TAS-20)). Results: The study included 253 French university students who completed a questionnaire specifying their regular sports practice and level of alexithymia (TAS-20). We found 76 subjects (30%) who had proven alexithymia and 92 (36.4%) who were borderline alexithymic. A significant positive relationship between alexithymia and the weekly amount of training practice was observed. It should be noted that students who engage in more than 5 h of physical activity are more prone to be borderline or alexithymic (respectively, 19.6 and 19.7% versus 7.1% for non-alexithymics; p = 0.03). Conclusion: With a 30% frequency, alexithymia is more prevalent in this context than in the general population. Furthermore, alexithymia and borderline alexithymia are most favorably associated with higher physical activity (over 5 h per week). MDPI 2022-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9141175/ /pubmed/35627924 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050788 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Proença Lopes, Catarina Allado, Edem Essadek, Aziz Poussel, Mathias Henry, Audrey Albuisson, Eliane Hamroun, Aghilès Chenuel, Bruno Occurrence of Alexithymia and Its Association with Sports Practice from a Sample of University Students: Results from a French Cross-Sectional Study |
title | Occurrence of Alexithymia and Its Association with Sports Practice from a Sample of University Students: Results from a French Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full | Occurrence of Alexithymia and Its Association with Sports Practice from a Sample of University Students: Results from a French Cross-Sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Occurrence of Alexithymia and Its Association with Sports Practice from a Sample of University Students: Results from a French Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Occurrence of Alexithymia and Its Association with Sports Practice from a Sample of University Students: Results from a French Cross-Sectional Study |
title_short | Occurrence of Alexithymia and Its Association with Sports Practice from a Sample of University Students: Results from a French Cross-Sectional Study |
title_sort | occurrence of alexithymia and its association with sports practice from a sample of university students: results from a french cross-sectional study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9141175/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35627924 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050788 |
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