The Correlation of Alexithymia with Anxiety and Depression in Girl Students of Ahwaz Branch Islamic Azad University

The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlations of alexithymia with anxiety and depression in girl students of Ahvaz Branch Islamic Azad University. 185 female students were selected through strati fied random sampling. Instruments were Ahwaz Alexithymia Scale (AAS – 26), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Present research was a correlation type and the results indicated that alexithmia had positive correlation with and anyiety and depression. Finally a multiple regression analysis showed that anxiety and depression had multiple correlations with alexithymia. The results also revealed that anxiety and depression were signi ficant predictors of alexithymia.