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Table 8 Differences between high and low symptom reporters (Analysis of Covariance with depression/anxiety, age and sex as covariates) in aToM (affective ToM), emotional awareness (Emotion Other) and alexithymia

From: Examining differences in cognitive and affective theory of mind between persons with high and low extent of somatic symptoms: an experimental study

Source

df

MS

F

p

η 2

Affective Theory of Mind (aToM)

 Covariate age

1

71.73

9.04

.004

0.139

 Covariate sex

1

56.39

7.10

.011

0.109

 Covariate HADS

1

4.01

0.51

.481

0.008

 Group

1

36.05

4.54

.039

0.675

 Error

44

7.94

   

 Total

49

    

Emotional Awareness (Emotion Other)

 Covariate age

1

0.50

1.41

.241

0.025

 Covariate sex

1

0.04

0.11

.745

0.002

 Covariate HADS

1

3.40

9.58

.003

0.169

 Group

1

0.25

0.70

.408

0.792

 Error

45

0.36

   

 Total

50

    

Alexithymia (TAS-26)

 Covariate age

1

0.32

1.26

.268

0.023

 Covariate sex

1

0.03

0.13

.720

0.002

 Covariate HADS

1

1.78

6.94

.012

0.127

 Group

1

0.33

1.29

.263

0.824

 Error

45

0.29

   

 Total

50

    
  1. TAS-26 Toronto Alexithymia Scale, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale