Table 3.
Correlation and multiple regression analysis of Toronto Alexithymia Scale scores
| Bivariate correlation analysis | Multiple regression analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Alexithymia Scale | r | p | B | S.E. | p | %95 CI |
| Age | −0.19 | 0.064 | −0.19 | 0.08 | 0.021 | −0.36 – 0.03 |
| Education (School years) | −0.11 | 0.267 | −0.21 | 0.25 | 0.411 | −0.72 – 0.30 |
| Beck depression inventory | 0.41 | 0.000 | 0.30 | 0.11 | 0.010 | 0.07 – 0.52 |
| Somatosensory amplification Scale | 0.25 | 0.014 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.999 | −0.34 – 0.34 |
| Symptom Checklist-90 Somatization Subscale | 0.37 | 0.000 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 0.037 | 0.01 – 0.42 |
| Symptom Interpretation Scale Somatization Subscale | 0.31 | 0.003 | 0.28 | 0.14 | 0.048 | 0.00 – 0.56 |
| Symptom Interpretation Scale Psychologization Subscale | 0.35 | 0.001 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.778 | −0.19 – 0.25 |
| Symptom Interpretation Scale Normalization Subscal | 0.23 | 0.026 | −0.15 | 0.13 | 0.257 | −0.41 – 0.11e |
r: pearson correlation coefficient; B: non-standardized regression coefficient; S.E.: standard error; β: standardized regression coefficient; CI: confidence interval