Abstract
Relation between the Psychological Pain and Alexithymia among Palestinian University Students
Highlights
Alexithymia is a psychological concept that indicates the existence of difficulties in the person's determination and expression of his own feeling. it is the inability to identify, express or describe one's feelings
The current study aimed at identifying the relation between the psychological pain and Alexithymia among Palestinian university students
The results: of the study showed a positive relationship between Alexithymia and psychological pain, and there are significant differences in the level of Alexithymia among Palestinian university students due to the university that favored Hebron University students, and for the gender in favor of males and for the college that favored the scientific college students
Summary
Alexithymia is a psychological concept that indicates the existence of difficulties in the person's determination and expression of his own feeling. it is the inability to identify, express or describe one's feelings. University student’s is an important category in the society, it was necessary to pay attention to them, especially in regards to their emotions, as those who have difficulty in expressing their feelings and suffer from psychological and emotional stresses, can be more isolated and less effective in the society. Such individuals are unable to recognize, understand and express their feelings, and had social and health effects; and suffer from anxiety, depression and a sense of weakness. Psychological pain: the study (Taylor,1992)defines psychological pain as “unpleasant feelings that result from a negative self-assessment and a feeling of inferiority and disability, and that this negative self-assessment may be the result of a person’s loss or something or a failure to accomplish things that are closely related to the individual’s psychological needs
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