JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 30 ISSUE 4.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
The Mediating Role of Defensive Mechanisms in the Relationship Between Social Phobia and Alexithymia in University Students

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JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 30 ISSUE 4.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
The Mediating Role of Defensive Mechanisms in the Relationship Between Social Phobia and Alexithymia in University Students

Subject

Social phobia, Alexithymia, Defense mechanisms

Description

Introduction: Psychological factors play a key role in people's emotional responses to different
social situations.
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of defense mechanisms in the
relationship between social phobia and alexithymia, in the students of Farhangian University,
Sari City, Iran.
Materials and Methods: This was an analytical, correlational study that specifically used
structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all students of the
Farhangian University of Sari city, Iran, in the academic year of 2019-2020. A sample of 234
people was recruited with the available sampling method. The social phobia inventory,
defense mechanism questionnaire, and Toronto alexithymia scale were used to measure
the research variables. Finally, the proposed model was evaluated using structural
equation modeling.
Results: The results showed that social phobia variables, undeveloped defensive mechanisms,
and psychotic defensive mechanisms are positively correlated with alexithymia. Also, there
is a significant negative correlation between developed defensive style and alexithymia
(P=0.001). The results indicated significant correlations of social phobia (r=0.28), undeveloped
defensive style (r=0.31), psychotic defensive style (r=0.28), and developed defensive style (r=
-0.30) with alexithymia (P=0.001). Moreover, the research model was approved: defensive
mechanisms mediate the relationship between social phobia and alexithymia in the students.
The defensive mechanisms and social phobia affect 48% of the alexithymia variable.
Conclusion: The students with adaptive defensive mechanisms experience lower social
phobia and alexithymia symptoms. Also, social phobia indirectly affects alexithymia through
the mediating role of defense mechanisms.

Creator

Mansour Nasiri , Reza Donyavi , Yarali Dousti

Date

Octoner 2020, Volume 30, Number 4

Contributor

peri irawan

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pdf

Language

english

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text

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Citation

Mansour Nasiri , Reza Donyavi , Yarali Dousti, “JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 30 ISSUE 4.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
The Mediating Role of Defensive Mechanisms in the Relationship Between Social Phobia and Alexithymia in University Students,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed October 14, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/797.