The features of alexithymia among children, depending on their age, sex and physical development, are presented in the work. The study relied on a 26-item Toronto's scale of alexithymia. The sample was based on 288 pupils of 6-7 and 10 grades of secondary schools. Most (41.8%) children of 10-14 years are characterized by the ability to express their emotions easily, to identify and describe what they really feel. One third of the subjects (32.1%) is represented with the reduced ability or

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... ulty to the verbalization of emotional states. 26.2% of the subjects had clearly expressed existence of alexithymia, such children recognize and express their feelings and emotions with difficulties. At the same time, boys and girls with the level of physical development above and below the average make up the majority, it allows to refer them to a group with the risk of psychosomatic diseases. Among adolescents of 15-18 years, one third is represented with "nonalexithymia" type, and almost 70% of children make up group of "border" and "alexithymia" types of personality. The increase of the risk group in alexithymia was due to children with normal and high physical development. The gender analysis revealed that the rise was due to the girls of 15-18 years old macrosomatotype, because they have a higher risk of developing alexithymia than boys in this age group.