Predicting Covert Relational Aggression based on Personality Traits and Alexithymia of Married Women in Tehran

The present study was conducted with the aim of predicting covert-related aggression based on the personality traits and Alexithymia of married women in Tehran. 

The research method was a descriptive correlation. The statistical population included all married women who referred to cultural centers and neighborhood centers in districts 1 and 3 of Tehran in the period of 2021-2022, from which 264 people were selected as a statistical sample using a multi-stage cluster sampling method, and they were evaluated on the scale of aggression. The correspondence of Nelson and Carroll (2006), measuring the five personality traits of the short form of Neo Costa and McCrae (1985) and Toronto Bagby et al. (1994) were answered. Research data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis using SPSS software version 26.  

The Pearson correlation results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between neuroticism and Alexithymia with relational aggression. On the other hand, there is a negative and significant relationship between extroversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness with covert-related aggression. In addition, the results of simultaneous regression analysis showed that neuroticism, agreeableness, and alexithymia were able to predict women's covert-related aggression. 

According to the findings of the research, by reducing neuroticism and Alexithymia and increasing women's agreeableness, their covert-related aggression decreases and it can be concluded that personality traits and Alexithymia play a role in increasing hidden covert-related aggression.