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Amnian N, Khoshnevisan Z. The Relationship Between Emotional Alexithymia and Post-Divorce Adjustment, With the Mediating Role of Perceived Social Support in Divorced Women. sjmshm 2025; 7 (1) :1-8
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MA of General Psychology, Khorasan Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran
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Divorce is a significant social challenge that has profound effects on the lives of divorced women and can cause major changes in their emotional, social, and economic aspects. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the mediating role of perceived social support in the relationship between alexithymia and post-divorce adjustment in divorced women. The research method was descriptive-correlational of the path analysis type. The statistical population included all divorced women referring to 3 private psychological and counseling service centers in Mashhad City, from whom 90 individuals were selected via non-random convenience sampling based on Klein's (2010) inclusion and exclusion criteria. They then completed the Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale (1976), the Zimet et al. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (1988), and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (1998). The path analysis method was used to analyze the data. Findings showed that the indirect effect of alexithymia through the mediating role of perceived social support on post-divorce adjustment was significant at the five percent error level ("β= -0.244, P-value<0.05"). The results indicated that perceived social support can play a mediating role in the relationship between alexithymia and post-divorce adjustment, and also that alexithymia has an indirect effect on post-divorce adjustment through the mediating role of perceived social support. It is suggested that counselors use the results of the present study to design and implement educational programs for divorced women aimed at post-divorce adjustment and alexithymia.
Type of Study: Research |
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Psychiatry and Mental Health
Received: 2024/11/17 | Revised: 2025/02/13 | Accepted: 2025/03/7 | Published: 2025/03/20
Received: 2024/11/17 | Revised: 2025/02/13 | Accepted: 2025/03/7 | Published: 2025/03/20
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