Table 2.

Pearson’s correlation coefficients between level of emotional awareness, alexithymia dimensions, and attachment

Variables	Self-emotional awareness	Others emotional awareness	Total emotional awareness
Alexithymia
(1) Verbalizing	−0.02	−0.03	−0.01
(2) Fantasizing	−0.04	−0.07	−0.08
(3) Identification	−0.10	−0.10	−0.08
(4) Emotionalizing	−0.19*	−0.17	−0.22*
(5) Analyzing	−0.12	−0.18	−0.19*
(6) Affective dimension	−0.13	−0.15	−0.18
(7) Cognitive dimension	−0.10	−0.13	−0.12
(8) BVAQ total scores	−0.14	−0.17	−0.18
Attachment
Avoidant attachment	−0.03	0.02	−0.03
Anxious attachment	0.26**	0.20*	0.30**
Confidence	−0.07	−0.10	−0.09
Discomfort	−0.06	−0.04	−0.06
Relationships as secondary	−0.03	0.02	−0.08
Need for approval	0.32**	0.31**	0.33**
Preoccupation	0.10	0.06	0.15

^*p≤0.05

^**p≤0.01. Italic font indicate that the significance is ≤0.07