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Investigation of the relationship between alexithymia and eating attitude, self-esteem and anger in women who applied to psychological counseling center

Hüseyin ÜNÜBOL
Feride Gökben HIZLI SAYAR
Sinem KANPOLAT
Pages
280–288
Publication Date
2022-10-18
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We suggest that alexithymia may be at the center of other features relationswith each other.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objectives: The main purpose of this study was to examine self-esteem, anger and eating attitude withalexithymia in people who consult to the psychological counseling center.
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Key Findings & Data:The sample of the study consist of100 women who were located in Istanbul and applied to the psychological consulting center.Methods: Consent form, demographic form, State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, Rosenberg Self-EsteemInventory, Toronto Alexithymia Scale and Eating Attitude Test have been used to collect the data in this study.In this research, the relationship between sociodemographic features, alexithymia, self-esteem, anger, eatingattitude of women who consult to the psychological counseling center had been examined.
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Conclusion & Impact:We suggest that alexithymia may be at the center of other features relationswith each other.
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Objectives: The main purpose of this study was to examine self-esteem, anger and eating attitude withalexithymia in people who consult to the psychological counseling center. The sample of the study consist of100 women who were located in Istanbul and applied to the psychological consulting center.Methods: Consent form, demographic form, State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, Rosenberg Self-EsteemInventory, Toronto Alexithymia Scale and Eating Attitude Test have been used to collect the data in this study.In this research, the relationship between sociodemographic features, alexithymia, self-esteem, anger, eatingattitude of women who consult to the psychological counseling center had been examined. Data obtained havebeen analyzed statistically by using SPSS 15.0 for Windows.Results: The findings of this research supported our hypothesizes. Regarding the relationship between eatingattitude and alexithymia, there is a positive relationship between difficulties in identifying and describingfeelings with eating attitudes (p < 0.05). Regarding the relationship between alexithymia and self-esteem, thereis a positive relation between sub-dimensions of alexithymia scale with subscales of self-esteem (p < 0.05).There is a positive relationship between identifying feelings with trait anger and anger-out scores (p < 0.05).Conclusions: According to these results, it appears that alexithymia has a serious relationship with anger,eating attitude and self-esteem. We suggest that alexithymia may be at the center of other features relationswith each other.

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ÜNÜBOL, H., SAYAR, F. G. H., KANPOLAT, S. (2022). Investigation of the relationship between alexithymia and eating attitude, self-esteem and anger in women who applied to psychological counseling center. The European Research Journal, Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 4, 280–288. https://ajindex.com/articles/597674

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