Table 3.
Differences in linguistic measures of the RP and LIWIC indexes between the high- and low-alexithymia groups.
| Variable | Low-alexithymia group N = 21 | High-alexithymia group N = 14 | F | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | sd | M | sd | |||
| LIWIC | ||||||
| I | 3.8018 | 1.3234 | 4.5443 | 1.2416 | 180% | 19% |
| We | 0.8004 | 0.5572 | 0.4486 | 0.4056 | 244% | 13% |
| Affectivity | 6.7004 | 1.6056 | 6.5357 | 1.7571 | 0.057 | 0.813 |
| Positive sensations | 3.9379 | 1.3786 | 2.9971 | 1.6932 | 2.387 | 0.132 |
| Positive emotions | 1.1468 | 0.6863 | 0.6386 | 0.5004 | 3.357 | 0.076 |
| Optimism | 1.6467 | 0.8786 | 1.3643 | 1.0748 | 0.527 | 0.473 |
| Negative emotions | 2.6725 | 1.3238 | 3.4214 | 0.8848 | 1.993 | 0.167 |
| Anxiety | 1.0375 | 0.9050 | 1.0700 | 0.6645 | 0.008 | 0.930 |
| Anger | 0.3254 | 0.3292 | 0.3629 | 0.2597 | 0.078 | 0.782 |
| Sadness | 0.6929 | 0.4768 | 1.0671 | 0.2721 | 3.932 | 0.049* |
| Past time | 1.4157 | 0.8387 | 1.2671 | 0.8618 | 0.198 | 0.659 |
| Present time | 9.9532 | 2.0854 | 9.1071 | 4.0559 | 0.612 | 0.440 |
| Future time | 0.4154 | 0.3378 | 0.0300 | 0.0793 | 8.799 | 0.006* |
| I verbal | 4.8043 | 1.3783 | 5.1157 | 3.0635 | 0.167 | 0.686 |
| Weverbal | 0.8857 | 0.8155 | 0.2129 | 0.1969 | 4.599 | 0.039* |
| Referential process | ||||||
| MIWRAD2 | 0.4981 | 0.0029 | 0.4946 | 0.0055 | 5.278 | 0.028* |
| MIWRRL | 0.5519 | 0.0049 | 0.5549 | 0.2029 | 2.245 | 0.144 |
| MHIWRAD2 | 0.0056 | 0.0026 | 0.0035 | 0.0019 | 4.116 | 0.049* |
| MHIWRRL | 0.0519 | 0.0049 | 0.0549 | 0.0029 | 2.243 | 0.144 |
| IWRAD2_IWRRL | -0.2213 | 0.3272 | -0.5001 | 0.2129 | 4.536 | 0.041* |
*p<.05. MIWRAD, Italian Weighted Referential Activity Dictionary; MIWRRL, Italian Weighted Reflection/Reorganization List; MH-IWRAD, Referential Activity Intensity Index; MHIWRRL, Reflection/Reorganization Intensity Index; IWRAD_IWRRL, Referential Activity and Reflection/Reorganization covariation.