Emotion Regulation Training, Nursing Student, and Alexithymia

Man is a social being and therefore interacts with his environment. In the process of interaction, they can transfer their feelings, thoughts, and information. However, the interaction process may not always continue smoothly. People's inability to express their emotions appropriately today negatively affects communication. The reason why people cannot express their emotions may be the high level of alexithymia. The concept of alexithymia means having difficulty in recognizing, expressing, and naming emotions. High levels of alexithymia in students, who are future healthcare professionals, can negatively affect themselves, other healthcare professionals and the patients they care for; it can cause burnout in healthcare professionals, decrease the quality of care they provide and cause them to experience interpersonal communication conflicts.