Title :

Alexithymia and Athletic Performance: Beneficial or Deleterious, Both Sides of the Medal? A Systematic Review

Author(s) :

Proença Lopes, Catarina [Auteur]
Allado, Edem [Auteur]
Poussel, Mathias [Auteur]
Essadek, Aziz [Auteur]
Hamroun, Aghilès [Auteur]
Facteurs de Risque et Déterminants Moléculaires des Maladies liées au Vieillissement - U 1167 [RID-AGE]
Chenuel, Bruno [Auteur]

Journal title :

Healthcare

Pages :

511

Publisher :

MDPI

Publication date :

2022-03-11

ISSN :

2227-9032

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

English abstract : [en]

Background: Numerous studies have been published on alexithymia among athletes in the last decades. The objective, here, is to provide a critical review on alexithymia in sport and identify elements demonstrating that ...
Show more >Background: Numerous studies have been published on alexithymia among athletes in the last decades. The objective, here, is to provide a critical review on alexithymia in sport and identify elements demonstrating that alexithymic athletes can attain a competitive advantage. Methods: The Center for Reviews and Dissemination guidelines were used. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines served as the template for reporting the present systematic review. We searched PubMed, Embase, Science Direct, and PsycINFO, without language or date restrictions. Results: Within 72 eligible studies, 23 articles fulfilling the selection criteria were included in the review. Alexithymia is associated with various pathologies and considered to be counter-performing. However, despite considerable suspicion of an advantageous performance effect of alexithymia, there is a lack of data to quantify this effect. Studies identified are heterogeneous (different scales of measurement of alexithymia used or outcomes, different sports), that do not allow us to conclude on an observed causal relationship, because the studies are mostly observational. Conclusion: This systematic review opens a new search field on alexithymia, as possibly promoting performance.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Facteurs de risque et déterminants moléculaires des maladies liées au vieillissement (RID-AGE) - U1167

Source :

Harvested from HAL