Alexithymia, empathy and interpersonal satisfaction among couples: A corretional study

Author(s)	Ms. Midhuna P T, Mr. Manoj R, Ms. Abida K
Country	India
Abstract	Relationship satisfaction plays an important role among everyone․ Here, the study focused on the relationship between three variables such as Alexithymia, Empathy and Interpersonal satisfaction . The Toronto Alexithymia Scale[TAS-20], Toronto Empathy Questionnaire[TEQ] and Relationship Assessment Scale[RAS] were used to measure 200 individuals for those who are currently in relationship (age range 20-50 years) in Tamil Nadu, India․ After that Pearson correlation analysis and fundamental statistics were used to examine the data. Basic statistically analysis indicated that an average respondents reported a level of alexithymia of 43.10 [SD =9.704 ], level of interpersonal satisfaction of 26.72[SD=5.164] and a level of empathy of 47.72 [SD =10.634 ]․ There was evidence of a strong negative correlation between alexithymia and interpersonal satisfaction [r = -0․745, p < 0․01]․ From these results, conclusion was made that alexithymia contributes high influence in both empathy and interpersonal satisfaction ․
Field	Sociology > Philosophy / Psychology / Religion
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On	2026-03-15
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.71441

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