Alexithymia Predicts Addiction Proneness in Undergraduate Students: Does Impulsivity Mediate the Association?
| dc.contributor.author | Fatima, Farva | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-29T04:07:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-09-29T04:07:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | Supervised by:Ms. Haya Fatimah | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Alexithymia is the inability to differentiate and describe one’s feelings. It is a feature that is present in non-clinical population but at higher levels, alexithymia may be seen as a psychopathological feature. Research on alexithymia in general, is scarce in Pakistan.We aim to investigate the relationship of alexithymia with addiction proneness among undergraduate students and to assess the mediating effect of impulsivity that how it leads the person towards the risk of drug abuse. We hypothesized that alexithymia will positively predict addiction proneness as well as impulsivity among undergraduate students and their relationship will be mediated by impulsivity. For this correlational study, self-report data from 200 participants (n=110, men, n=90 women) were collected. Participants were conveniently sampled undergraduate students (aged, 18-26) enrolled at the University of Management & Technology. Online Alexithymia Questionnaire (OAQ: Thompson, 2005) was used to measure the intensity of alexithymic features, and the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS, Woicik et al, 2009) was used to measure the proneness of addiction, and impulsivity was assessed using the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS-11; Barratt, 1995).Results of the present study indicated a significant positive relationship of alexithymia with addiction proneness (r=.29, p<.001) and with impulsivity (r=.32, p<.001).Relationship between alexithymia and addiction proneness was mediated by impulsivity (β=.151, p<.001).Future researches should examine the association using larger, more diverse sample. Comparison should be made between clinical and non-clinical samples | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/2136 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Management and Technology Lahore | en_US |
| dc.subject | Alexithymia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Impulsivity. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Master Thesis | en_US |
| dc.title | Alexithymia Predicts Addiction Proneness in Undergraduate Students: Does Impulsivity Mediate the Association? | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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