The Relationship between Relationship Beliefs and Alexithymia with Couple Burnout Women referred to health centers of Varamin city

Previous investigations have indicated that there is a relationship between Relationship Beliefs and Couple Burnout¡ but there isn''t enough study about relationship between alexithymia with couple burnout. So¡ this study aimed to examine the Relationship between Relationship Beliefs and Alexithymia with Couple Burnout Women referred to health centers in Varamin in 2016 (1395s. c).
The present study was a descriptive correlational study. The sample consists of 85 women referred to health center in Varamin who were selected by available sampling. All participants were asked to complete the Coupe Brownout Measurements¡ Relationship Beliefs Inventory (RBI) and Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-20). Analysis of the data involved both descriptive and inferential statistics including frequency¡ means¡ standard deviations¡ Pearson''s correlation coefficient¡ and multiple regressions.
Findings: The analysis of the data showed that subscales of relationship beliefs scale including: “disagreement is destructive «¡» partner cannot change «and» the sexes are different« has a significant positive relationship with couple burnout. Also¡ results revealed that alexithymia¡ subscales of Difficulty in identifying feelings and Difficulty describing feelings has a significant positive relationship with couple burnout. The results of multiple regression showed that alexithymia¡ Objective cognitive style¡ subscales of partner cannot change and disagreement is destructive were respectively significant predictors of couple burnout.
Basis on the results of the present study¡ it can be concluded that couple burnout is influenced by relationship beliefs and alexithymia.