Table 1
Descriptive statistics: means, standard deviations, and ranges for the alexithymia measures and the personality measure.
| Scale | Mean | SD | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSIA Total | 16.7 | 9.7 | 2–37 |
| TSIA-AA | 4.2 | 5.2 | 0–19 |
| TSIA-OT | 12.6 | 5.6 | 2–23 |
| TSIA-DIF | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0–8 |
| TSIA-DDF | 2.8 | 3.3 | 0–11 |
| TSIA-EOT | 5.8 | 3.3 | 0–12 |
| TSIA-IMP | 6.8 | 2.9 | 1–11 |
| BVAQ Total | 106.3 | 23.9 | 65–166 |
| BVAQ-AFF | 45.8 | 10.3 | 28–71 |
| BVAQ-COG | 60.5 | 17.2 | 28–99 |
| Verbalizing | 23.0 | 7.9 | 9–39 |
| Fantasizing | 25.7 | 7.2 | 13–37 |
| Identifying | 18.8 | 5.8 | 8–36 |
| Emotionalizing | 20.1 | 6.2 | 11–35 |
| Analyzing | 18.8 | 6.5 | 9–32 |
| TAS-20 Total | 43.2 | 10.9 | 22–71 |
| TAS-DIF | 12.6 | 4.5 | 7–25 |
| TAS-DDF | 12.4 | 4.6 | 5–24 |
| TAS-EOT | 18.2 | 4.6 | 10–31 |
| Neuroticism | 14.8 | 6.7 | 3–29 |
| Extraversion | 29.8 | 7.3 | 13–44 |
| Openness | 29.5 | 6.5 | 15–42 |
| Agreeableness | 34.0 | 5.8 | 19–45 |
| Conscientiousness | 34.1 | 6.8 | 13–47 |
[i] N = 51. TSIA: Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia; AA: affect awareness; OT: operative thinking; DIF: difficulty identifying feelings; DDF: difficulty describing feelings; EOT: externally oriented thinking; IMP: imaginal processes; BVAQ: Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire; AFF: affective composite = fantasizing + emotionalizing; COG: cognitive composite = verbalizing + analyzing + identifying; TAS-20: 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale.
Table 2
Correlations between measures of alexithymia.
| Scale | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. TSIA Total | .89** | .91** | .79** | .89** | .92** | .70** | .60** | .58** | .48** | .48** | .40** | .23 | .51** | .48** | .44** | .18 | .39** | .50** | |
| 2. TSIA-AA | .63** | .93** | .97** | .74** | .36* | .61** | .47** | .57** | .52** | .19 | .41** | .54** | .50** | .53** | .37** | .46** | .44** | ||
| 3. TSIA-OT | .52** | .65** | .91** | .88** | .47** | .58** | .31* | .35* | .51** | .02 | .37** | .38** | .28* | –.03 | .25 | .45** | |||
| 4. TSIA-DIF | .81** | .64** | .28* | .46** | .31* | .45** | .37** | .09 | .40** | .41** | .39** | .41** | .37** | .32* | .30* | ||||
| 5. TSIA-DDF | .75** | .38** | .65** | .53** | .59** | .58** | .25 | .38** | .59** | .53** | .56** | .34* | .51** | .50** | |||||
| 6. TSIA-EOT | .61** | .54** | .53** | .44** | .46** | .33* | .14 | .50** | .47** | .40** | .10 | .34* | .53** | ||||||
| 7. TSIA-IMP | .29* | .51** | .10 | .15 | .60** | –.12 | .15 | .19 | .07 | –.17 | .09 | .26 | |||||||
| 8. BVAQ Total | .78** | .93** | .86** | .49** | .59** | .72** | .87** | .83** | .48** | .81** | .69** | ||||||||
| 9. BVAQ-AFF | .48** | .46** | .80** | .14 | .72** | .58** | .46** | .11 | .47** | .53** | |||||||||
| 10. BVAQ-COG | .92** | .19 | .74** | .57** | .86** | .87** | .61** | .85** | .64** | ||||||||||
| 11. Verbalizing | .24 | .52** | .48** | .74** | .83** | .51** | .89** | .59** | |||||||||||
| 12. Fantasizing | –.08 | .17 | .29* | .22 | –.09 | .29* | .31* | ||||||||||||
| 13. Identifying | .32* | .43** | .64** | .71** | .49** | .36* | |||||||||||||
| 14. Emotionalizing | .63** | .51** | .28* | .44** | .51** | ||||||||||||||
| 15. Analyzing | .72** | .35* | .71** | .66** | |||||||||||||||
| 16. TAS Total | .78** | .84** | .78** | ||||||||||||||||
| 17. TAS-DIF | .52** | .37** | |||||||||||||||||
| 18. TAS-DDF | .51** | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19. TAS-EOT |
[i] N = 51. TSIA: Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia; AA: affect awareness; OT: operative thinking; DIF: difficulty identifying feelings; DDF: difficulty describing feelings; EOT: externally oriented thinking; IMP: imaginal processes; BVAQ: Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire; AFF: affective composite = fantasizing + emotionalizing; COG: cognitive composite = verbalizing + analyzing + identifying; TAS-20: 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale.
*p < .05, **p < .01.
Table 3
Correlations between NEO-FFI personality dimensions and measures of alexithymia.
| Neuroticism | Extraversion | Openness | Agreeableness | Conscientiousness | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSIA Total | –.09 | –.15 | –.39** | –.30* | –.01 |
| TSIA-AA | .06 | –.21 | –.19 | –.27 | –.04 |
| TSIA-OT | –.21 | –.06 | –.50** | –.27 | .03 |
| TSIA-DIF | .07 | –.23 | –.13 | –.16 | –.03 |
| TSIA-DDF | .05 | –.19 | –.22 | –.32* | –.05 |
| TSIA-EOT | –.16 | –.10 | –.38** | –.31* | –.09 |
| TSIA-IMP | –.21 | .00 | –.53** | –.16 | .16 |
| BVAQ total | –.01 | –.14 | –.46** | –.56** | –.08 |
| BVAQ-AFF | –.30* | .05 | –.41** | –.45** | .07 |
| BVAQ-COG | .16 | –.23 | –.39** | –.51** | –.15 |
| Verbalizing | .16 | –.28* | –.38** | –.51** | –.08 |
| Fantasizing | –.25 | .12 | –.48** | –.21 | .20 |
| Identifying | .29* | –.11 | –.17 | –.26 | –.35* |
| Emotionalizing | –.21 | –.05 | –.12 | –.49** | –.11 |
| Analyzing | –.03 | –.17 | –.40** | –.48** | .01 |
| TAS-20 total | .16 | –.11 | –.26 | –.38** | –.08 |
| TAS-DIF | .39** | –.09 | .01 | –.05 | –.10 |
| TAS-DDF | .05 | –.11 | –.33* | –.51** | .02 |
| TAS-EOT | –.05 | –.07 | –.30* | –.35* | –.10 |
[i] N = 51. TSIA: Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia; AA: affect awareness; OT: operative thinking; DIF: difficulty identifying feelings; DDF: difficulty describing feelings; EOT: externally oriented thinking; IMP: imaginal processes; BVAQ: Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire; AFF: affective dimension = fantasizing + emotionalizing; COG: cognitive dimension = verbalizing + analyzing + identifying; TAS-20: 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale.
*p < .05, **p < .01, two-tailed.