The Correlation of Alexithymia with Anxiety and Depression in Girl Students of Ahwaz Branch Islamic Azad University

Subject Areas : Psychology

بهنام Makvandi ¹ , منیژه Shehni Yailagh ² , بهمن Najarian ³

1 - Ph.D students of Department of Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khouzestan, Ahwaz, Iran
2 - Professor of Department of psychology, Shahid Chamran University.
3 - Professor in Department of Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khouzestan, Ahwaz, Iran

Received: 2011-07-19 Accepted : 2011-09-08 Published : 2010-12-22

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Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlations of alexithymia with anxiety and depression in girl students of Ahvaz Branch Islamic Azad University. 185 female students were selected through stratified random sampling. Instruments were Ahwaz Alexithymia Scale (AAS – 26), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Present research was a correlation type and the results indicated that alexithmia had positive correlation with and anyiety and depression. Finally a multiple regression analysis showed that anxiety and depression had multiple correlations with alexithymia. The results also revealed that anxiety and depression were significant predictors of alexithymia.

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