The role of Alexithymia in marital conflicts in women who apply for divorce in Tehran

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Faezeh Moayed ¹ (Master of Psychology, North Tehran Branch. Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding Author))
Sima Haji Ali Akbari Mehrizi ² (Master of Clinical Psychology, Al-Zahra University. Tehran Iran.)
Mohammad Bagher Hobbi ³ (Deputy of Psychology And Counseling Organization Of Iran)

Received: 2018-11-29 Accepted : 2019-01-24 Published : 2018-12-22

Keywords: alexithymia, Marital incompatibility, : Marital conflicts,

Abstract :

The present research aimed to investigate the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and alexithymia, and marital conflicts in women who apply for divorce in Tehran The research method was a descriptive- correlation oneThe research population consisted of women who were applying for divorce reffered to family Court in district 3 of Tehran in 2018, out of which 200 women were selected as the research sample using purposeful sampling method. They completed Locke Wallace Marital Adjustment Scale (1959) and Toronto Alexithymia Scale (1986). The results of correlation and regression analysis demonstrated that there was negatively a significant relationship between scores of marital conflicts and scores of alexithymia. In other words as alexithymia increased the marital conflicts decreased.

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