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Alexithymia, derived from the Greek roots meaning “no words for feelings,” refers to a pattern of difficulties in identifying, describing, and cognitively processing emotions . Historically, the term alexithymia was introduced by Sifneos (1970) within the context of psychosomatic and somatoform disorders, based on his collaborative clinical work with Nemiah. At that time, it was conceptualized as a dichotomous clinical variable. However, the phenomenon itself had been observed long before it was formally named. Various psychiatrists had described patients who showed marked difficulty in identifying and expressing emotions. In the mid-twentieth century, psychosomatic disorders were largely interpreted through psychoanalytic frameworks, particularly Freudian models that attributed physical symptoms to unresolved unconscious conflicts. Yet the limited and inconsistent empirical support for these explanations, along with mixed evidence regarding the effec...

The relationship between personality and work performance has long attracted the attention of both employers and job seekers. Individuals often seek careers that align with their personality, assuming that fit will increase both success and satisfaction. Organizations, on the other hand, attempt to identify personality traits that may predict performance in specific roles. Yet the use of personality tests in recruitment has been consistently debated. A central concern is job relevance : whether the trait being measured is meaningfully connected to actual job requirements (Spector, 1999). Without clear evidence of this connection, personality assessment risks becoming both unfair to candidates and weak in predictive validity for organizations. The issue, therefore, is not whether personality matters. It is whether the specific trait being evaluated genuinely contributes to performance in the role in question. Despite these concerns, personality measures fr...