Alexithymia of nursing students in higher vocational college: application of latent profile analysis and network analysis (opens in new tab)

BackgroundThis study aims to identify different subgroups of alexithymia among vocational college nursing students, explore the critical values and core dimensions of these subgroups, and investigate the potential mechanisms influencing their experiences.MethodBy using the method of convenient sampling, a cross-sectional online survey was conducted among 1,103 vocational college nursing students from 10 universities across the country. Participants completed electronic questionnaires assessin...