Associations between alexithymia, parental rearing styles, and frequency of drug use in male methamphetamine dependence patients

Table 1 Characteristics of methamphetamine dependence patients (n = 108)

Variables	H-alexithymia(n = 44)	L-alexithymia(n = 64)	t/Z/λ	p
Age(years)	29.3(3.3)	31.8(4.0)	−3.41	<0.01
Age of first drug use(years)	21.2(3.9)	23.5(4.4)	−2.78	<0.01
Education level(years)	8.0(2.7)	8.5(3.0)	−0.92	0.36
Place of household registration			0.01	0.92
Urban areas	25(40.3%)	37(59.7%)
Rural areas	19(41.3%)	27(58.7%)
Income level(CNY)			0.14	0.71
≥ 3000	33	50
< 3000	11	14
Marital status			2.67	0.26
Unmarried	22	22
Married	12	24
Divorced	10	18
Frequency of drug use(monthly)*	17.07(12.00)	12.08(11.65)	2.15	0.03

Note: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01; H-alexithymia, high level of alexithymia; L-alexithymia, low level of alexithymia. Values are presented as number (%) or mean (standard deviation)
*Here ‘frequency of drug use’ was transformed into times(monthly): level 1, as 1 time per month; level 2, as 2 times per month; level 3, as 4 times per month; level 4, as 15 times per month; level 5, as 30 times per month

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