In the original article, there was an error. A typo was found in the Abstract - the word “played” was misspelled.
A correction has been made to the Abstract:
Alexithymia is a personality construct characterized by altered emotional awareness which has been gaining diagnostic prevalence in a range of neuropsychiatric disorders, with notably high rates of overlap with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the nature of its role in ASD symptomatology remains elusive. Here, we distill research at the intersection of alexithymia and ASD. After a brief synopsis of the studies that played a pioneering role in the identification of the overlapping fields between alexithymia and ASD, we comb the literature for evidence of its overlap with ASD in terms of prevalence, etiology, and behaviors. Through a formalized framework of the process of emotional interpretation and expression, we explore evidence for where and how deficits arise in this complex network of events. We portray how these relate to the dynamic interplay between alexithymic and autistic traits and find emerging evidence that alexithymia is both a cause and consequence of autistic behaviors. We end with a strategic proposal for future research and interventions to dampen the impacts of alexithymia in ASD.
The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way.
The original article has been updated.
Statements
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Summary
Keywords
alexithymia, autism spectrum disorders, autism, ASD etiology, personality
Citation
Poquérusse J, Pastore L, Dellantonio S and Esposito G (2018) Corrigendum: Alexithymia and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Complex Relationship. Front. Psychol. 9:1638. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01638
Received
14 August 2018
Accepted
15 August 2018
Published
05 September 2018
Approved by
Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
Volume
9 - 2018
Updates
Copyright
© 2018 Poquérusse, Pastore, Dellantonio and Esposito.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Gianluca Esposito gianluca.esposito@unitn.it; gianluca.esposito@ntu.edu.sg
This article was submitted to Clinical and Health Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
Disclaimer
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.