The Effect of problem-solving training on student’s alexithymia in dormitory Download PDF

Background: Students with alexithymia pick too difficult in identify and describe feelings. So, seems that the use of strategies to improve cognitive skills are effective in improving on alexithymia. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of problem-solving skills on students’ alexithymia Methods: 60students in a dormitory on the University of Iranshahr were enrolled on research population in experimental pretest-posttest study. They were randomly assigned between 2. Toronto Alexithymia Scale was used as data gathering scale, at start point, after 2nd session and 1 month after that. Intervention was four session for 8 hours with 1 weak interval (in a month), including problem-solving training. Findings: based on our result problem solving caused to decrease alexithymia series (50/8 ± 11/4 in pretest to 45/9 ±8/3 in posttest and 43/6 ±8/2at endpoint) (). The average ofalexithymia score in the control group in posttest and endpoint don’t have significantly change than pretest post (p>0/005) Conclusion: Since the problem-solving skills is effective, inexpensive manner to improve students' dormitories alexithymia, it is proposed to managers for enhance be addressed to enhance student