The relationship between alexithymia and personality factors with early maladaptive schemas in futsal athletes: The mediating role of distress tolerance

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1 Department of psychology and counseling Farhangian university,p.o.Box 14665-889,Tehran,Iran.

2 Hamzeh Moradi, Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Department of Physical Education, Farhangian University, P.O.Box 14665-889, Tehran, Iran.

10.22034/mmbj.2025.65836.1160

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between alexia and personality factors with primary maladaptive schemas with the mediation of distress tolerance in futsal athletes of Maragheh city. This research was done in terms of descriptive and correlational research method and with path analysis. The statistical population was all the futsal athletes of Maragheh, whose number was 423. The statistical sample of this research included 201 futsal athletes from Maragheh, who were selected based on Morgan's table and using available sampling method. The research tools included: Toronto Aphasia Questionnaire (Bagby, Parker and Taylor, 1994), Neo's Five-Factor Personality Questionnaire (1985), Yang's Early Maladaptive Schemas Questionnaire (1988), Simmons and Gaher's Distress Tolerance Questionnaire (2005). SPSS26 software and descriptive statistical methods were used to analyze the data and test the questions, and inferential statistics of correlation and Lisrel were used to analyze the mediating variable. The findings showed that, among personality factors, the subscale of neuroticism has a positive and significant relationship and the subscales of extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness have a significant negative relationship with primary maladaptive schemas. There is a significant positive relationship between alexia and primary maladaptive schemas, and a significant negative relationship between distress tolerance and primary maladaptive schemas. Also, in the investigation of the mediating role of distress tolerance in the relationship between personality factors and dyslexia with primary maladaptive schemas, a direct effect of 0.54 and an indirect effect through the mediating variable of creative thinking was observed at 0.31.

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  • Receive Date: 16 February 2025
  • Revise Date: 08 April 2025
  • Accept Date: 27 June 2025

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