The relationship between perfectionism and alexithymia with loneliness among nursing and midwifery Dezful Azad University students

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between perfectionism and alexithymia with loneliness in nursing and midwifery Dezful Azad University students. The study population included all students of the School of Nursing and Midwifery (825 persons) in 2014-2015 school year of whom 258 people were selected by simple random sampling and answered perfectionism questionnaire by Aslani et al APS-R-2001, Toronto alexithymia Scale (TAS) -1986 questionnaire, and Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults SELSA-2004. To analyze data, kolmogorov–Smirnov, Pearson correlation and linear regression test were used. The Results showed that there is a significant relationship between perfectionism and alexithymia with loneliness of students at 0.05 level. Thus As positive perfectionism gets higher in the students, it reduces loneliness, and as alexithymia gets higher, the loneliness increases in them.