Table 2.

Comparison of the clinical characteristics of the groups (n=90)

	Alexithymic group (TAS≥59) (s=36) Mean±standard deviation	Non-alexithymic group (TAS<59) (s=54) Mean±standard deviation	t (d.f.)	p
Beck Depression Inventory	27.91±8.59	21.09±8.47	3.72 (88)	0.000
Symptom Checklist-90
Global Severity Index	1.95±0.51	1.41±0.62	4.31 (88)	0.000
Positive Symptom Total	69.02±12.68	59.40±16.18	3.00 (88)	0.003
Positive symptom Distress Index	2.54±0.48	2.08±0.51	4.27 (88)	0.000
Subscales: somatization	1.97±0.80	1.44±0.79	3.04 (88)	0.003
Obsessive-compulsive	2.13±0.55	1.64±0.70	3.53 (88)	0.001
Interpersonal sensitivity	2.26±0.76	1.51±0.73	4.69 (88)	0.000
Depression	2.44±0.68	1.86±0.81	3.52 (88)	0.001
Anxiety	1.84±0.75	1.32±0.74	3.15 (88)	0.002
Hostility	2.41±0.99	1.52±0.93	4.30 (88)	0.000
Phobic anxiety	1.02±0.69	0.77±0.72	1.60 (88)	0.113
Paranoid ideation	1.99±0.80	1.38±0.70	3.75 (88)	0.000
Psychoticism	1.41±0.59	0.92±0.63	3.64 (88)	0.000
Symptom Interpretation Questionnaire
Somatization	36.44±8.98	30.05±8.85	3.33(88)	0.001
Psychologization	45.77±10.78	37.55±10.53	3.59 (88)	0.001
Normalization	38.11±9.99	33.66±8.82	2.22 (88)	0.029
Somatosensory Amplification Scale	30.61±5.28	27.51±7.33	2.17 (88)	0.032

TAS: Toronto Alexithymia Scale; t: Student’s t test