International Journal of Educational and Psychological Researches

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year
: 2015  |  Volume : 1  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 161--165

The comparision of the alexithymia in addicted and nonaddicted people in esfahan in 2013


Nafise Javani, Asghar Aghaei 
 Department of Psychology , Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Correspondence Address:
Nafise Javani
Department of Psychology, No. 8, Setaiesh Alley, Feiz Alley, Khorram St. Isfahan
Iran

Aim: The present study was conducted to compare alexithymia in addicted and nonaddicted people in Isfahan in 2013. Methods: It had a causal-comparative research method; therefore, 58 addicts who referred to addiction treatment centers of Isfahan were selected through available method. After selecting addicted samples, nonaddicted samples (58 individuals) were chosen from the people living in Isfahan via systematic sampling. Nonaddicted samples were matched to the addicted ones according to the variables of age, gender, educational level, and lodging. The applied instruments in the current study included: The questionnaire of demographic variables and Torento�SQ�s (1994) 20-item scale of alexithymia. The achieved data were analyzed through MANOVA by SPSS software. Results: The results showed that in general alexithymia (difficulty identifying feelings, difficulty describing feelings (DDF), and extrovert thinking), there is a significant difference between addicted and nonaddicted groups (P < 0.05). In extrovert thinking subscale, there is a significant difference between addicted and nonaddicted groups (P < 0.05); however, there is no significant difference between the subscales of difficulty identifying feelings and DDF in addicted and nonaddicted groups (P > 0.05). Conclusion: The general conclusion implies that the alexithymia can be one of the effective factors in an individual�SQ�s tendency to drug abuse especially in men.


How to cite this article:
Javani N, Aghaei A. The comparision of the alexithymia in addicted and nonaddicted people in esfahan in 2013.Int J Educ Psychol Res 2015;1:161-165


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Javani N, Aghaei A. The comparision of the alexithymia in addicted and nonaddicted people in esfahan in 2013. Int J Educ Psychol Res [serial online] 2015 [cited 2024 Mar 28 ];1:161-165
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