The Mediating Role of Emotional Divorce in the Relationship Between Alexithymia and Marital Burnout"

Document Type : review Article

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1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Islamic humanities and social sciences, Al-Mustafa Interna- tional University, Qom, Iran

2 M.A. Student in Personality Psychology, Faculty of Islamic humanities and social sciences, Al-Mustafa International University, Qom, Iran.

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The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of emotional divorce in the relationship between alexithymia and marital burnout. This research employed a descriptive correlational method. The statistical population consisted of married men and women in the year 1403 (Solar Hijri calendar). For this purpose, 115 couples were selected using an available sampling method and completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (Bagby, Parker, & Taylor, 1994), the Gottman and Silver Emotional Divorce Scale CBM (1995), and the Marital Burnout Scale (Pines, 1996). Linear regression analysis utilizing the Baron and Kenny approach was used for data analysis.



The findings revealed a positive and significant correlation between alexithymia and marital burnout, as well as between alexithymia and emotional divorce. Furthermore, a positive and significant relationship was found between emotional divorce and marital burnout. Overall, the results indicated that as alexithymia increases, marital burnout is exacerbated through the mediating role of emotional divorce. Consequently, emotional divorce plays a partial mediating role in the link between alexithymia and marital burnout.

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