Alexithymia and Emotional Inhibition in Central Serous Retinopathy Patients
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Asra Sharifi, Department of Psychology, Isfahan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
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Elham Foroozandeh, Department of Psychology, Naein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naein, Iran.
The main goal of this research was determining the relationship between alexithymia and emotional inhibition in central serous retinopathy patients. Using the available sampling method 50 patient (10 women, 40 men) of central serous retinopathy who had referred to optometry hospitals in Isfahan in 2015, were selected and they were assessed by Toronto Alexithymia Scale (Bagby, Parker, and Taylor, 1994), and Emotion Control Questionnaire(Roger and Najarian, 1989). Analyzing the results by using the Pearson test and the regression analysis showed that among the characteristics of alexithymia, difficulty in describing and identifying emotions has a significant relationship with emotional inhibition (P<0.05). According to these findings it can be said that in accelerating the recovery rate from central serous retinopathy paying attention to the mental status of the patients particularly their character traits, particularly alexithymia and emotional inhibition can have therapeutic significance.
Alexithymia, Emotional Inhibition, Central Serous Retinopathy
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