Abstract
Alexithymia is a condition in which individual have difficulty in distinguishing between different emotions, describing feelings and differentiating between physical and emotional sensations .Review suggest that this condition is increasing day by day therefore this study was done to examine the gender differences on various dimensions of alexithymia on college student population. For the purpose, Toronto Alexithymia scale (Taylor, Bagby & Parker, 1994) was used on the participants who were of age between 18 to 25 years with education qualification of at least graduation and above. Statistical analysis done was t-test and the results suggested a significant difference on externally oriented thinking dimension of alexithymia.
Highlights
Alexithymia is a condition in which individual have difficulty in distinguishing between different emotions, describing feelings and differentiating between physical and emotional sensations .Review suggest that this condition is increasing day by day this study was done to examine the gender differences on various dimensions of alexithymia on college student population
Alexithymia is a word coined by Sifneos in 1973, who defined Alexithymia as a condition of difficulty in understanding, processing or describing emotions
This word originally derived from the ancient Greek words and (thumos, "soul", as the set of emotions, feeling, and thought" modified by an alpha private, literally meaning "without words for emotions” It can be defined as a state which includes difficulty distinguishing between different emotions, difficulty describing feeling and difficulty differentiating between physical and emotional sensations (Sifneos, 1972, Kooiman Spinhoven & Trijsburg, 2002)
Summary
Alexithymia is a condition in which individual have difficulty in distinguishing between different emotions, describing feelings and differentiating between physical and emotional sensations .Review suggest that this condition is increasing day by day this study was done to examine the gender differences on various dimensions of alexithymia on college student population. Alexithymia is a word coined by Sifneos in 1973, who defined Alexithymia as a condition of difficulty in understanding, processing or describing emotions This word originally derived from the ancient Greek words (lexis, "diction", "word") and (thumos, "soul", as the set of emotions, feeling, and thought" modified by an alpha private, literally meaning "without words for emotions” It can be defined as a state which includes difficulty distinguishing between different emotions, difficulty describing feeling and difficulty differentiating between physical and emotional sensations (Sifneos, 1972, Kooiman Spinhoven & Trijsburg, 2002). TYPES OF ALEXITHYMIA There are two types of Alexithymia based on two fundamental points that is Natural or nurtured
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