01656nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001800118653001600136653002300152653002100175653002100196100002300217700002100240700001800261700001900279245008500298300001000383490000700393520098600400022001401386020001401400       2024                            d  c01/2024bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10ainteroception10aAlexithymia10aEmotion regulation10aAnxiety symptoms10aAnxiety disorder1 aMaragda Puigcerver1 aFrancisco Molins1 aMireia Molins1 aMiguel Serrano00aInteroception moderates the association between alexithymia and anxiety symptoms  a35-390 v303 aIn 2019, 301 million people were living with an anxiety disorder. Recently, alexithymia and interoception has been considered to play a key role to understand anxiety symptoms. Both constructs are related to each other and together interfere with emotional regulation; however, its relationship has been much debated. A recent two-stage model proposed interoception as a moderator in the relation between alexithymia and anxiety symptoms. Therefore, the aim of the present research was to study how this model could explain the anxiety symptoms. Two hundred forty-one healthy participants completed the General Health Questionnaire, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness. Results verified that interoception moderates the association between alexithymia and anxiety symptoms, showing that, for alexithymia to be positively associated with the magnitude of these symptoms, at least a medium level of interoception is necessary.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437