Factors associated with alexithymia among the Lebanese population: results of a cross-sectional study

BMC Psychology

Table 4 Bivariate analysis of the factors associated with the alexithymia score

		TAS score	p-value
		Mean ± SD	p-value
Familial monthly income	< 1000 $	53.49 ± 10.30	0.005
	1000–2000 $	50.78 ± 10.65
	> 2000 $	51.54 ± 10.66
Marital status	Single	52.57 ± 10.38	0.001
	Married	50.45 ± 10.19
	Widowed	52.83 ± 9.67
	Divorced	58.27 ± 11.98
		Correlation coefficient	p-value
Audit score		0.306	<0.001
HAM-D score		0.255	<0.001
HAM-A score		0.367	<0.001
PSC score		0.433	<0.001
Liebowitz social anxiety scale		0.145	<0.001
Emotional awareness		−0.060	0.097
Emotional management		− 0.167	<0.001
Social Emotional awareness		−0.101	0.005
Relationship management		−0.142	<0.001
Mental work fatigue		0.436	<0.001
Physical work fatigue		0.227	<0.001
Emotional work fatigue		0.175	<0.001
Suicidal ideation score		0.119	0.001
Number of kids		−0.076	0.044

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