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

Obeid, Sahar; Akel, Marwan; Haddad, Chadia; Fares, Kassandra; Sacre, Hala; Salameh, Pascale; Hallit, Souheil

doi:10.1186/s40359-019-0353-5

BMC Psychology

Table 5 Multivariable analysis

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

Model 1: Linear regression taking the TAS score as dependent variable and all the scales as independent variables.
	Unstandardized Beta	Standardized Beta	p-value	Confidence interval
	Unstandardized Beta	Standardized Beta	p-value	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Stress	0.456	0.266	<0.001	0.317	0.596
Mental work fatigue	0.249	0.246	<0.001	0.164	0.333
Emotional work fatigue	0.114	−0.093	0.015	0.022	0.206
Alcohol dependence	0.225	0.170	<0.001	0.126	0.323
Married status	−1.933	−0.082	0.019	−3.552	−0.313
Anxiety	.096	0.088	0.035	0.007	0.184
Model 2: Linear regression taking the TAS score as dependent variable and three factors obtained in the factor analysis as independent variables.
	Unstandardized Beta	Standardized Beta	p-value	Confidence interval
	Unstandardized Beta	Standardized Beta	p-value	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Factor 2: High physical and mental work fatigue & high stress	0.162	0.339	<0.001	0.130	0.195
Factor 3: Low self-esteem, high suicidal ideation and alcohol dependence	0.197	0.172	<0.001	0.118	0.277
Factor 1: High emotional intelligence & low emotional work fatigue	−0.036	−0.122	<0.001	−0.055	−0.017
Intermediate familial monthly income^a	−2.745	−0.123	<0.001	−4.267	−1.223
High familial monthly income^a	−2.875	−0.092	0.008	−5.014	−0.736
Model 3: Linear regression taking the TAS score as dependent variable and all the scales as independent variables.
	Unstandardized Beta	Standardized Beta	p-value	Confidence interval
	Unstandardized Beta	Standardized Beta	p-value	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Cluster 3^b	7.336	0.320	<0.001	5.490	9.182
Intermediate familial monthly income^a	−2.906	−0.130	<0.001	−4.486	−1.326
Cluster 2^b	−2.184	−0.103	0.012	−3.893	−0.475
High familial monthly income^a	−2.712	−0.084	0.018	−4.948	−0.476

Variables entered: Audit score, HAMD score, HAMA score, PSC score, Liebowitz social anxiety scale, Emotional awareness, Emotional management, Social Emotional awareness, Relationship management, emotional work fatigue, physical work fatigue, mental work fatigue, suicidal ideation score, Number of kids, familial monthly income, marital status
Factor 1 = High emotional intelligence & low emotional work fatigue; Factor 2 = High physical and mental work fatigue & high stress; Factor 3 = Low self-esteem, high suicidal ideation and alcohol dependence.
Variables entered in the model: Factor 1, Factor 2, Factor 3, number of kids, familial monthly income, and marital status.
Variables entered in the model: cluster 1, cluster 2, cluster 3, number of kids, familial monthly income and marital status
^aReference = low familial monthly income
^bcluster 1 = People with depersonalization (low emotional intelligence and high emotional work fatigue but low physical and mental work fatigue and low stress); cluster 2 = People with high wellbeing (high emotional intelligence and low emotional work fatigue, with high self-esteem, low suicidal ideation and low alcohol dependence); cluster 3 = People in distress (low self-esteem, high suicidal ideation and high alcohol dependence, with high physical and mental work fatigue and high stress)

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