Emotional Deprivation and Its Relationship with Alexithymia Among Secondary School Students

The study aimed to measure the relationship between emotional deprivation and alexithymia among secondary school students. The Emotional Deprivation Scale by Aisha Solbi (2017) and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) were administered to 73 male and female students in secondary education. The study concluded that the research sample does not exhibit emotional deprivation or alexithymia, and that there is a weak positive relationship between the study variables. The study found differences in the relationship between emotional deprivation and alexithymia according to gender, favoring males.