en رويكرد تحليلي Analytical approach پژوهشي Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify"><b>Objective:</b> Alexithymia is recognized as a disability in explaining or understanding emotions and manifests at emotional and functional levels. This study was conducted with the aim of clarifying the role of early maladaptive schemas and attachment style in alexithymia disorder.&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: justify"><b>Methods:</b> This research was a correlational study. In this study, 220 students of Tabriz University were selected by stratified random sampling. Then,The Toronto Alexithymia Scale questionnaire (TAS-20), Adult Attachment Questionnaire (AAQ) of Hazan and Shaver, and the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form (YSQ-SF) were conducted to them. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and simultaneous regression analysis. Statistical analysis were performed using the SPSS 20.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify"><b>Results: </b>The results showed that components of early maladaptive schemas, &lsquo;Impaired Autonomy&rsquo; and &lsquo;Over-vigilance&rsquo; and among attachment styles, avoidance could positively predict the alexithymia.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify"><b>Conclusion: </b>Accordingly, early maladaptive schemas and attachment style are essential to predict and treat people with alexithymia.</div> Alexithymia, Attachment style, Early maladaptive schemas 39 46 http://jpcp.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-194-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Farhad Ghadiri Sourman Abadi farhadghadiri17@yahoo.com Yes Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran. Karim Abdolmohamadi No Organization Jalil Babapour Kheiradin No Organization Abbas Bakhshipour Roodsari No Organization