Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between Emotional Reactivity(ER) which is considered a temperamental vulnerability, depression, somatization and alexithymia. The study was conducted on 247 adults over the age of 19 and analyzed using Moderated-Mediation analysis with SPSS Process Macro. As a result, depression mediated the relationship between ER and somatization, and the indirect effect of ER through depression on somatization was moderated by alexithymia. In negative valence, a high level of alexithymia was a risk factor, but in positive valence, it showed different patterns. This suggests that the effect of alexithymia varies depending on the emotional valence, and the effective way of dealing with positive and negative emotions may be different. Based on the finding, research limitations, implications, and suggestions for future research were suggested.