Abstracts
Résumé
La somatisation réfère à la présence de symptômes physiques pour lesquels aucun diagnostic médical ne peut être émis et concerne environ 20 % des enfants issus de la population générale. Certains concepts (p. ex. alexithymie) et variables (p. ex. anxiété) ont fait l’objet d’études visant à mieux comprendre les facteurs psychologiques y étant liés. Cette étude cherche à explorer la contribution de la conscience des affects et des biais de mentalisation aux plaintes somatiques chez les enfants. Des questionnaires mesurant les plaintes somatiques, la conscience des affects, les biais de mentalisation et les comportements intériorisés et extériorisés ont été administrés à 112 enfants âgés de 8 à 12 ans et à leurs parents. Les résultats démontrent que la conscience des affects, les biais de mentalisation et l’anxiété prédisent significativement les plaintes somatiques. La recherche fournit des indications quant aux variables liées à l’apparition et au maintien de la somatisation chez les enfants.
Mots-clés :
- plaintes somatiques,
- biais de mentalisation,
- conscience des affects,
- enfants
Abstract
Somatization refers to physical symptoms that cannot be explained medically and affect about 20 % of children from the general population. Some concepts (e.g., alexithymia) and variables (e.g., anxiety) have been studied in order to identify the psychological factors related to somatization. This research aims to explore the contribution of affect awareness and mentalization biases to children’s somatic complaints. Questionnaires measuring somatic complaints, affect awareness, mentalizing bias, and internalizing and externalizing behaviours were administered to 112 children aged 8 to 12 and their parents. The results demonstrate that affect awareness, mentalization bias and anxiety significantly predict children’s somatic complaints. This research provides some insight about the variables related to the onset and maintenance of somatization in children.
Keywords:
- somatic complaints,
- mentalizing bias,
- affect awareness,
- children
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