Bullying Behavior and its Relationship to Alexithymia Among University Students

Ahmed, Sarah Ashry Fawaz Ahmed; ., .; ., .

doi:10.21608/qarts.2025.398178.2257

Bullying Behavior and its Relationship to Alexithymia Among University Students

Document Type : Original Article

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10.21608/qarts.2025.398178.2257

Abstract

The current study aimed to uncover the relationship between bullying behavior and Alexithymia in a sample of university students. The study sample consisted of (500) male and female students from Qena University, (137) males and (363) females, ranging in age from (18-21), with an average age of (19.53) and a standard deviation of (0.971). The demographic data form, the bullying behavior scale (prepared by the researcher) and the Alexithymia scale (prepared by Nour Al-Huda Al-Mayali, 202) were applied to the sample. The psychometric efficiency of the tools was also considered. The most important results were that there is a correlation between bullying behavior and emotional blindness at a significance level of (0.01). The results of the study also showed that there are no statistically significant differences between males and females in bullying behavior, while statistically significant differences were found in Alexithymia variable and its dimensions at its significance level. (0.01)
The results of the study also showed that there were statistically significant differences in the variable of emotional blindness in the variable of place of residence. Finally, the results showed the contribution of bullying behavior in predicting Alexithymia.

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