Paul Savoca
@pw-savoca.bsky.social
Psychology PhD Student at UCLA | NSF Graduate Research Fellow | Northeastern University Alum | Studying interoception, early-life adversity, & pregnancy
These findings suggest that emotion-identification interventions (e.g., mindfulness, DBT skills) might reduce discrimination-related anxiety.
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
These findings suggest that emotion-identification interventions (e.g., mindfulness, DBT skills) might reduce discrimination-related anxiety.
In other words: frequent experiences of discrimination may make it harder to precisely construct emotions, which in turn could heighten anxiety. 🧠💭
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
In other words: frequent experiences of discrimination may make it harder to precisely construct emotions, which in turn could heighten anxiety. 🧠💭
In a sample of 117 women (ages 18–42), we found:
💠 Higher perceived daily discrimination → higher alexithymia
💠 Higher alexithymia → higher anxiety
💠 Discrimination predicted anxiety indirectly via alexithymia
💠 Higher perceived daily discrimination → higher alexithymia
💠 Higher alexithymia → higher anxiety
💠 Discrimination predicted anxiety indirectly via alexithymia
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
In a sample of 117 women (ages 18–42), we found:
💠 Higher perceived daily discrimination → higher alexithymia
💠 Higher alexithymia → higher anxiety
💠 Discrimination predicted anxiety indirectly via alexithymia
💠 Higher perceived daily discrimination → higher alexithymia
💠 Higher alexithymia → higher anxiety
💠 Discrimination predicted anxiety indirectly via alexithymia
Discrimination is a well-known stressor — but why it leads to anxiety isn’t fully clear.
We tested whether alexithymia — difficulty identifying or describing one’s emotions — might be one pathway connecting discrimination to anxiety.
We tested whether alexithymia — difficulty identifying or describing one’s emotions — might be one pathway connecting discrimination to anxiety.
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Discrimination is a well-known stressor — but why it leads to anxiety isn’t fully clear.
We tested whether alexithymia — difficulty identifying or describing one’s emotions — might be one pathway connecting discrimination to anxiety.
We tested whether alexithymia — difficulty identifying or describing one’s emotions — might be one pathway connecting discrimination to anxiety.
Reposted by Paul Savoca
@pw-savoca.bsky.social followed up with this empirical study testing and finding support for many of our hypotheses pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39158711/
Exploring the impact of maternal early life adversity on interoceptive sensibility in pregnancy: implications for prenatal depression - PubMed
Together this work suggests that levels of interoception during pregnancy are sensitive to previous adversity exposure. It also suggests that interoceptive-focused interventions for preventing/treatin...
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November 27, 2024 at 3:01 AM
@pw-savoca.bsky.social followed up with this empirical study testing and finding support for many of our hypotheses pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39158711/
Reposted by Paul Savoca
First up is this theoretical paper on why #interoception in #pregnancy might help to explain peripartum depression www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... by @pw-savoca.bluesky.social
Interoception in pregnancy: Implications for peripartum depression
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November 27, 2024 at 3:01 AM
First up is this theoretical paper on why #interoception in #pregnancy might help to explain peripartum depression www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... by @pw-savoca.bluesky.social