Marital adjustment of parents and its relationship to alexithymia among adolescent sons

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This study aimed at identify the relationship of marital adjustment of parents with alexithymia in adolescent children. Descriptive approach adapted due to its suitability to study nature. The main study sample consisted of 40 randomly selected families and 40 male adolescent sons (one adolescent son per family). The Marital Adjustment Scale of Eman Obaid (2014) and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) Arabicized by Alaaddin Kafafi, Fouad Al-Dawash, and Mustafa Al-Hedaini (2011) used as data collection tools. The results indicated that there is a significant correlation between marital adjustment and alexithymia in adolescent children.