“…Most investigations concerning this specific topic have compared infertile and fertile subjects and have concluded that alexithymia levels are significantly higher among the former (Conrad, Schilling, Langenbuch, Haidl, & Liedtke, 2001 ; Lamas et al, 2006 ; Moreno-Rosset, del Castillo Aparicio, Ramírez-Uclés, & Martín Díaz, 2011 ; Shi, Wu, & Zhu, 2006 ). A small number of studies have explored the relationship between alexithymia and psychopathological dimensions, identifying a positive correlation between alexithymia levels and emotional maladjustment to infertility (Ramírez-Uclés, Castillo-Aparicio, & Moreno- Rosset, 2015 ), anxiety symptomatology (Shi et al, 2006 ), coping strategies and stress (Gourounti et al, 2016 ). Moreover, only one study has identified a significant role of alexithymia as a predictor of infertility-related stress (Dumitru & Turliuc, 2015 ).…”