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Table 2 Emotional status, emotional expression and regulation traits among subtypes of alexithymia (ANOVA)

From: Alexithymia and emotional regulation: A cluster analytical approach

 

Extrovert-High Alexithymia group (N = 1382)

General-High Alexithymia group (N = 43)

Introvert-High Alexithymia group

(N = 47)

Non-Alexithymia group

(N = 316)

F

p

Between groups comparisons

 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

   

Emotional Expressivity Scale

       

Total score of Emotional Expressivity Scale

60.26 ± 9.83

54.33 ± 12.29

58.45 ± 14.45

62.60 ± 11.48

10.33

<0.001**

4>1 > 2*

Suppression factor of Emotional Expressivity Scale

43.71 ± 7.37

38.16 ± 10.49

41.17 ± 9.95

45.81 ± 8.42

16.58

<0.001**

4>1 > 2*, 4 > 3*

Expression factor of Emotional Expressivity Scale

16.54 ± 4.42

16.16 ± 5.72

17.28 ± 5.91

16.79 ± 4.94

0.72

0.541

No group difference

Emotion regulation questionnaire

       

Reappraisal factor of Emotion regulation questionnaire

29.30 ± 5.35

26.09 ± 7.61

30.49 ± 5.94

31.98 ± 6.40

25.82

<0.001**

4 > 1,2**, 3 > 2*

Suppression factor of Emotion regulation questionnaire

14.67 ± 3.96

16.74 ± 5.10

14.57 ± 5.10

12.82 ± 4.69

21.75

<0.001**

1,2 > 4*

Emotional status

       

score of Beck Depression Inventory

7.37 ± 7.61

14.79 ± 10.53

12.06 ± 9.98

3.27 ± 4.70

51.87

<0.001**

2,3>1 > 4*

Trait score of Stat and Trait anxious inventory.

43.42 ± 7.11

51.16 ± 12.34

48.62 ± 10.31

36.77 ± 7.62

99.11

<0.001**

2,3>1 > 4*

  1. Note: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 (two-detailed)