Children With Cancer Who Struggle to Name Feelings Face Higher Social Anxiety

For a child undergoing cancer treatment, the hospital ward can be an isolating world of needles, scans, and long stretches away from friends and school. A new cross-sectional study from researchers at Ataturk University in Erzurum, Türkiye, adds a striking psychological dimension to that picture: children with cancer who have difficulty identifying and describing their own emotions— a trait known as alexithymia—also tend to experience markedly higher levels of social anxiety.

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