ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNDE ALEKSİTİMİ İLE ÇOCUK İSTİSMARI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALEXITHYMIA AND CHILDHOOD ABUSE IN A SAMPLE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Author : -Özge Erel, Zeynep Belma Gölge, Ece Arslanoğlu
Number of pages : 64-83

Abstract

The current study investigated the relationship between childhood abuse experience and alexithymia. The Turkish versions of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), and Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) were applied to the participants. It was found that total and sub-scale scores of male students in both CTQ and TAS-20 were higher than female students. A Pearson Correlation analyses indicated a positive correlation between CTQ and TAS-20. The CTQ sub-scale scores were found to be higher in the group with alexithymia than the group without alexithymia. The findings suggested that traumatic events in childhood affect the emotional development and the expression of the emotions later in life.

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