Latent profile analysis and its influencing factors of alexithymia among nursing students in vocational
XIAO Juan
WU Siying
WU Man
SUN Xueqin
YU Ying
ZHOU Jiankun
Abstract：Objective:To explore the potential categories of alexithymia among nursing students in vocational and to analyze their influencing factors.Methods:A total of 828 nursing students from the 2022 and 2023 vocational colleges in Anhui province were selected as the research subjects by convenience sampling from October to November 2023.General information survey,Chinese version Toronto Alexithymia Scale,and Chinese version Interpersonal Reactivity Index-C were used for the survey.The potential classification of alexithymia among nursing students was explored by latent profile analysis,and the optimal classification was determined.The influencing factors of the potential categories of alexithymia was explored by Logistic regression analysis.Results:Alexithymia among nursing students in vocational could be divided into 3 categories,included 62 individuals(7.5%)in the non-expressive disorder or low-risk group,351 individuals(42.4%)in the moderate risk group,and 415 individuals(50.1%)in the high-risk group.The Logistic regression analysis results showed that family residence,reasons for choosing nursing majors,and empathy ability were potential influencing factors of the categories of alexithymia among nursing students in vocational(P<0.05).Conclusions:There is heterogeneity in the alexithymia among nursing students in vocational.Nursing educators and educational managers should promptly identify nursing students in vocational with alexithymia,balance the development of empathy ability,and reduce the level of alexithymia.
Keywords：students in vocationalalexithymiaempathy abilitypotential profile analysisinfluence factor
Publication Date：2025-01-24
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 225-230 )