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. 2008 Nov 12;3(11):e3702. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003702

Table 3. Means and SDs of ATQ, and correlations between TAS-20 and ATQ scores.

TAS-20
ATQ Mean SD DIF DDF EOT Overall
Effortful Control
Activation Control 4.6 .99 −.34 −.09 −.26 −.30
Attentional Control 4.1 .99 −.52** −.37* −.38* −.53**
Inhibitory Control 4.6 .67 −.46** −.14 −.22 −.35
Overall 4.4 .71 −.55** −.26 −.37* −.50**
Extraversion
High Pleasure 4.5 .83 −.25 −.19 −.35 −.34
Positive Affect 5.0 .84 −.26 −.42* −.45* −.48**
Sociability 5.0 .94 −.09 −.40* −.26 −.32
Overall 4.8 .82 −.21 −.37* −.38* −.41*
Negative Affect
Discomfort 4.1 .86 .31 .21 .28 .34
Fear 4.2 .51 .49** .37* .32 .50**
Frustration 3.5 .59 .32 .19 .35 .37*
Sadness 4.0 .96 .43* .25 −.03 .27
Overall 4.0 .54 .52** .34 .34 .51**
Orienting Sensitivity
Affective Perceptual Sensitivity 4.7 .67 −.19 −.16 −.18 −.22
Associative Sensitivity 4.5 .68 .15 .20 .19 .06
Neutral Perceptual Sensitivity 4.6 .79 .00 .03 .12 .07
Overall 4.6 .59 −.01 .03 −.09 −.03

Note: *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

**

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). DIF: difficulty identifying feelings; DDF: difficulty describing feelings; EOT: externally – oriented thinking.