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Alexithymia and Attachment Style in Patients With Somatic Symptoms

NCT05666921 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2025-09-26

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Summary

To evaluate whether emotional awareness, attachment style and the ability to abstract and symbolize (IQ) influence the appearance of somatic symptoms. Hypothesis: the investigators expect the presence of somatic symptoms linked to the lower ability of emotional awareness, to lower ability to abstract and symbolize and to an insecure attachment style.

Conditions

  • Somatic Symptom Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

psychological assessment

The intervention consists in the assessment of some psychological aspects (emotional awareness, attachment style and the ability to abstract and symbolize (IQ)) of pediatric patients who present with somatic symptom disorders. , through specific tests. Each patient fills out the test battery during the psychological consult. At the same time, it is involved a parent to collect personal and clinical data through an ad hoc questionnaire.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rosanna Martin, MSc · Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-06-15
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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