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Introduction: the present study aimed to compare Alexithymia, Distress tolerance, and Anger rumination among patients with Hypertension and normal people. Method: The research design is causal-comparative or ex post facto which is a descriptive – analytic method. The population is all patients with hypertension from the health care centers and hospitals of Aleshtar, Lorestan. The total numbers of the participants is 40 clients which we select them by at hand sampling method. We compare these clients with 40 normal people. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance. Results: Results indicated that there is a significant difference between patients with Hypertension and normal people in terms of their total scores in alexithymia, distress tolerance, and anger rumination Conclusion: we need to consider these psychological factors in treatment programs.
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