Alexithymia and Marital Quality: The Mediating Role of Relationship Maintenance Behaviors

Hesse, Colin; Pauley, Perry M.; Frye-Cox, Nick E.

doi:10.1080/10570314.2014.943418

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“…Previous work has found relationships between alexithymia, relational communication, and relational markers (Hesse et al, ; Hesse & Floyd, ). Thus, we ran a series of zero‐order correlations at both time points to see whether these variables were related to one another, replicating previous results.…”

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“…The study also found that wives' alexithymia scores were negatively related to their husbands' likelihood of communicating positivity and sharing tasks. Alexithymia was also negatively related to marital quality scores for both spouses (Hesse et al, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Second, previous research has found that alexithymia is inversely correlated with a host of negative relational outcomes. As previously stated, these include variables of satisfaction and commitment in close relationships (Hesse et al, ; Karukivi et al, ). Previous work has also found that lowered levels of relational communication are unhealthy for romantic relationships (Floyd, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Overall, alexithymia seems to have a negative effect on an individual's ability to engage in social connection. However, previous studies have also found that relational communication can potentially serve as a mitigating factor of these negative effects, mediating the relationships between alexithymia and measures of relational quality (Hesse et al, ; Hesse & Floyd, ).…”

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The longitudinal effects of alexithymia on romantic relationships

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2019

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Using the tenets of Affection Exchange Theory, the study predicted longitudinal effects of alexithymia on both romantic relational outcomes (satisfaction and commitment) and relational communication (affectionate communication and relational maintenance behaviors). The study also predicted that Time 2 levels of relational communication would mediate the longitudinal effects of alexithymia on the relational outcomes. The results largely supported the predictions, with Time 1 alexithymia significantly negatively related to both relational outcome measures, affectionate communication, and two types of relational maintenance behaviors (understanding and assurances) at Time 2. Alternate models predicting alexithymia at Time 2 using the relational variables were nonsignificant. Finally, mediation was shown for both affectionate communication and understanding. Implications and possible directions for future research are explored.

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The longitudinal effects of alexithymia on romantic relationships

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2019

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“…The scale included items such as, "I am often confused about what emotion I am feeling," and "It is difficult for me to reveal my innermost feelings, even to close friends." To assess participants' global levels of alexithymia, we utilized one composite measure representing all three subscales of the TAS-20, as with previous studies that have examined the role of alexithymia on relationships (e.g., Frye-Cox & Hesse, 2013;Hesse & Floyd, 2011a;Hesse, Pauley, & Frye-Cox, 2015). In the present study, reliability estimates for the TAS-20 (α = .80) were acceptable.…”

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