Abstract

The literature discusses that alexithymia can predict and increase marital burnout, one of the main reasons couples seek support and may get divorced. Given the well-established relationship between attachment styles and alexithymia, the inability to describe one’s emotion, the mediating role of emotion dysregulation is investigated by a structural equation modeling. Of 396 individuals attending five psychiatric clinics that provides therapy and pre-divorce consultation for couples, 219 married individuals analogous to diagnosed alexithymia met the inclusion criteria and are included in the study. The study’s model shows a good fit and demonstrates that emotion dysregulation partially mediates the relationship between attachment style and alexithymia, which explains a high variance in alexithymia (R² = 0.86). The results suggest that emotion dysregulation, regardless of attachment style, underlies alexithymia among individuals with marital burnout. The findings are discussed through an emotion-focused therapy lens and clinically implied cautions are provided.

摘要

文献讨论了述情障碍可以预测并加剧婚姻倦怠，这是夫妻寻求支持并可能离婚的主要原因之一。鉴于依恋风格与述情障碍（无法描述自己的情绪）之间已建立的关系，通过结构方程模型研究了情绪失调的中介作用。在 5 家为夫妻提供治疗和离婚前咨询的精神科诊所就诊的 396 名患者中，有 219 名患有述情障碍的已婚患者符合纳入标准并被纳入本研究。该研究的模型显示出良好的拟合度，并表明情绪失调部分介导了依恋风格和述情障碍之间的关系，这解释了述情障碍的高方差（R ² = 0.86）。结果表明，无论依恋风格如何，情绪失调都是婚姻倦怠个体述情障碍的基础。通过以情绪为中心的治疗视角讨论研究结果，并提供临床暗示的警告。