Table 1.
Mean attachment, alexithymia and level of emotional awareness scores, and standard deviations
| Overall group, n=112 | Women, n=73 | Men, n=39 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Level of Emotional Awareness Scale | ||||||
| Self-emotional awareness | 49.52 | 9.26 | 51.10 | 5.80 | 46.56 | 9.46 |
| Others emotional awareness | 44.68 | 9.84 | 45.84 | 8.69 | 42.51 | 11.54 |
| Total emotional awareness | 55.48 | 9.10 | 57.15 | 8.29 | 52.38 | 9.82 |
| Attachment Style Questionnaire | ||||||
| Avoidant Attachment | 40.86 | 10.62 | 41.71 | 10.25 | 39.26 | 11.24 |
| Anxious Attachment | 35.80 | 9.19 | 35.21 | 8.24 | 36.92 | 10.77 |
| Confidence | 3.85 | 0.43 | 3.87 | 0.43 | 3.81 | 0.44 |
| Discomfort | 3.66 | 0.85 | 3.58 | 0.87 | 3.80 | 0.80 |
| Need for approval | 3.71 | 0.72 | 3.82 | 0.71 | 3.48 | 0.68 |
| Preoccupation | 3.18 | 0.79 | 3.25 | 0.82 | 3.06 | 0.70 |
| Relationships as secondary | 2.39 | 0.81 | 2.28 | 0.84 | 2.58 | 0.71 |
| Bermond Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire | ||||||
| Verbalizing | 24.26 | 7.38 | 23.45 | 7.45 | 25.77 | 7.09 |
| Fantasizing | 19.30 | 7.54 | 18.67 | 7.50 | 20.49 | 7.57 |
| Identification | 20.42 | 5.41 | 20.47 | 5.80 | 20.33 | 4.66 |
| Emotionalizing | 18.08 | 5.04 | 16.67 | 4.46 | 20.72 | 5.05 |
| Analyzing | 16.74 | 5.54 | 15.96 | 5.40 | 18.51 | 5.54 |
| Affective dimension | 37.38 | 9.43 | 35.35 | 9.35 | 41.21 | 8.45 |
| Cognitive dimension | 61.42 | 13.40 | 59.88 | 13.60 | 64.31 | 12.68 |
| BVAQ total score | 98.80 | 18.83 | 95.22 | 18.37 | 105.51 | 18.05 |