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| Published: June 29, 2018

Gender Differences in Alexithymia

Priyanka Soni

M.SC Scholar, Ch. Bansilal University, Bhiwani, Haryana, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Upender Rajput

MPhil, Clinical Psychology, Amity University Noida, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Upender Rajput

MSc scholar, Ch. bansilal University, Bhiwani, Haryana, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.114/20180602

DOI: 10.25215/0602.114

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.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.114/20180602

10.25215/0602.114

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Published in   Volume 06, Issue 2, April-June, 2018