The relationship between Alexithymia and Emotion Dysregulation with quality of life in Patients with chronic pain

Aim and This study was performed with the purpose to determine the role of alexithymia and emotion dysregulation in quality of life in patients with chronic pain.
This research is descriptive and correlational. The research sample consisted of 150 patients(90female and 60male) with chronic pain who referred to Gilan pain clinic in march-June 2017. They were selected by available sampling method. Toronto’s Alexithymia scale, Gratz and Roemer emotion dysregulation Scale and Quality of Life Scale were used for their evaluation. Data was analyzed by using Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression.
Findings: The results showed a negative significant relationship between Alexithymia and emotion dysregulation with quality of life (p Alexithymia and emotion dysregulation are involved in the quality of life in chronic pain patients and the need to pay attention to emotional responses can improve the quality of life in patients.