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

Table 2 Correlations between alexithymia, parental rearing styles and frequency of methamphetamine use

Variables		M(SD)	Alexithymia	Difficulty Identifying Feelings	Difficulty Describing Feelings	Externally Oriented Thinking
Frequency of methamphetamine use(monthly)			0.26^**	0.23^*	0.25^*	0.08
M-	Warmth	53.26(9.52)	−0.30^**	−0.24^*	−0.16	−0.25^**
F-	Warmth	47.94(9.82)	−0.18	−0.18	− 0.041	− 0.20^*
M-	Rejection	12.36(3.94)	0.42^**	0.36^**	0.24^*	0.26^**
F-	Rejection	9.63(3.08)	0.28^**	0.32^**	0.18	0.07
M-	Punishment/strictness	11.61(3.46)	0.33^**	0.29^**	0.22^*	0.21^*
F-	Punishment/strictness	17.95(5.23)	0.25^*	0.27^**	0.19	0.10
M-	Overinvolvement-	37.78(6.95)	0.18	0.22^*	0.02	0.08
M-	Overprotection	37.78(6.95)	0.18	0.22^*	0.02	0.08
F-	Overinvolvement	21.28(3.84)	0.06	0.09	0.06	−0.028
F-	Overprotection	10.71(2.64)	0.10	0.11	0.09	− 0.028
M-	Favoring	13.26(4.03)	−0.07	−0.03	− 0.01	−0.10
F-	Favoring	12.38(4.20)	−0.02	0.01	−0.03	−0.05

Notes: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01; M(SD) mean (standard deviation), M- mother, F- father

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