CONTENTS Chapter 1 General Introduction 9 Part I (Trans)theoretical account of alexithymia Chapter 2 The body as a (muffled) sound box for emotion: 37 How research in alexithymia has ‘incorporated’ the body Part II Relationship between alexithymia and borderline personality pathology Chapter 3 A meta-analysis on the association between emotional 79 awareness and borderline personality pathology Chapter 4 No words, no actions: Exploring the mediating role of 113 alexithymia in borderline personality pathology Part III Development of a biosensor-informed wearable smartwatch / smartphone application to advance treatment of alexithymia and low emotional awareness Chapter 5 mHealth in mental health: How to efficiently and 149 scientifically create an ambulatory biofeedback e-coaching app for patients with borderline personality disorder Chapter 6 Development of an ambulatory biofeedback app to 187 enhance emotional awareness in patients with borderline personality disorder: Multicycle usability testing study Chapter 7 Summary and General Discussion 221 Appendices Samenvatting (Dutch summary) 259 Dankwoord (Acknowledgement) 267 Publications and presentations 272 About the author 274
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