Deleted Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 7(2), С. 31 - 31

Опубликована: Апрель 3, 2025

Functional somatic symptoms (FSSs) in children—such as headaches, stomachaches, and muscle pain without clear medical explanations—pose a significant clinical challenge, often leading to repeated healthcare visits impairments daily functioning. While the role of parental psychological factors shaping children’s FSSs has been suggested, empirical evidence remains limited fragmented. This study addresses this gap by systematically examining associations between parents’ reflective functioning, emotion regulation, alexithymia, physical mental health, frequency severity FSSs. A total 339 parents children aged 6–12 completed surveys assessing their capacity understand states, regulate emotions, identify or describe feelings, well self-reported health. They also indicated whether child experienced (e.g., stomachaches) more than once per week. Results revealed that with reported significantly lower levels functioning (lower certainty, higher uncertainty), alexithymic traits, greater regulation difficulties, alongside poorer health indices. Logistic regression analyses demonstrated difficulties increased likelihood exhibiting FSSs, while emerged predictor. Furthermore, multiple linear challenges poor predicted These findings offer novel insights into how characteristics can shape symptom expression, highlighting need for family-focused interventions. By identifying addressing emotional cognitive clinicians may be able mitigate intergenerational transmission maladaptive stress responses, ultimately reducing burden children.

Язык: Английский