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Preliminary investigation has established an association between child circumcision and alexithymia. Association does ''not'' establish cause and effect. More investigation and research is needed. Bollinger and Van Howe (2011) associate associated [[Alexithemia| alexithymia]] with the trauma of circumcision.<ref name="bollinger2011">{{REFjournal
→Alexithymia: Revise section; add citation.
==Alexithymia==
|last=Bollinger
|first=Dan
|DOI=10.3149/jmh.1002.184
|accessdate=2019-12-12
}}</ref>
Bollinger & Chapin (2019) reported that adverse childhood experience, which includes circumcision, is a cause of alexithemia.<ref name="bolinger2019">{{REFdocument
|title=Child genital cutting as an adverse childhood experience
|trans-title=
|language=English
|url=http://adversechildhoodexperiences.net/CGC_as_an_ACE.pdf
|archived=
|contribution=
|quote=
|trans-quote=
|quote-lang=
|last=Bollinger
|first=Dan
|author-link=Dan Bollinger
|last2=Chapin
|first2=Georganne
|author2-link=Georganne Chapin
|publisher=Intact America
|location=Tarrytown
|format=PDF
|date=2019-08
|accessdate=2021-04-02
}}</ref>