Table 3.
Adolescent’s Group | |||||||
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Group 1 M(SD) |
Group 2 M(SD) |
Group 3 M(SD) |
Group 4 M(SD) |
F3293 | p-Value | ||
TAS-20 | Factor 1 | 7.12(1.72) a | 14.60(3.96) b | 17.44(4.37) c | 19.44(4.18) d | 208.94 | <0.001 |
Factor 2 | 15.81(5.37) a | 17.58(6.13) a | 16.31(4.98) a | 16.79(6.94) a | 1.56 | 0.19 | |
Factor 3 | 11.36(3.51) a | 20.86(4.57) b | 21.51(4.99) c | 25.46(5.65) d | 152.86 | <0.001 | |
Total | 34.30(7.27) a | 53.05(9.02) b | 55.27(7.78) b | 61.71(10.85) c | 163.35 | <0.001 | |
REM-71 | Acting out | 2.93(1.36) a | 4.28(1.41) b | 5.20(1.69) c | 6.28(1.92) d | 62.93 | <0.001 |
Splitting | 6.08(1.70) a | 6.11(1.56) a | 5.79(1.86) a | 5.72(1.89) a | 0.83 | 0.47 | |
Displacement | 4.31(2.02) a | 4.10(1.80) a | 4.34(1.86) a | 4.95(4.81) a | 1.10 | 0.34 | |
Dissociation | 4.16(1.83) a | 4.42(1.77) a | 4.21(1.54) a | 3.90(1.88) a | 0.91 | 0.43 | |
Fantasy | 4.05(2.06) a | 4.96(4.03) a | 4.55(2.11) a | 4.25(2.05) a | 1.84 | 0.14 | |
Omnipotence | 3.45(1.26) a | 5.36(1.09) b | 5.56(1.64) c | 7.27(1.75) d | 97.86 | <0.001 | |
PassiveAggression | 4.20(1.74) a | 5.13(1.88) b | 5.08(1.73) c | 6.46(1.71) d | 18.96 | <0.001 | |
Projection | 3.08(1.80) a | 3.17(1.74) a | 3.16(1.91) a | 3.29(2.13) a | 0.15 | 0.92 | |
Suppression | 4.18(1.85) a | 4.32(1.78) a | 4.35(1.89) a | 4.66(1.89) a | 0.79 | 0.49 | |
Undoing | 5.13(1.85) a | 5.30(1.63) a | 4.84(1.92) a | 4.76(1.75) a | 1.29 | 0.27 | |
Sublimation | 5.19(1.61) a | 5.20(1.55) a | 5.15(1.56) a | 5.34(1.68) a | 0.12 | 0.94 | |
Altruism | 7.13(1.41) a | 7.13(1.44) a | 7.38(1.64) a | 6.75(1.83) a | 1.41 | 0.23 | |
Denial | 4.39(1.94) a | 4.21(1.73) b | 5.43(1.46) b | 5.85(1.90) c | 12.19 | <0.001 | |
Humor | 5.07(1.71) a | 5.57(1.82) a | 5.35(1.56) a | 5.66(1.76) a | 1.97 | 0.11 | |
Idealization | 6.11(1.74) a | 6.40(1.93) a | 6.35(1.96) a | 6.42(1.68) a | 0.54 | 0.65 | |
Intellectualization | 5.42(1.55) a | 5.30(1.91) a | 4.89(1.56) a | 5.15(1.71) a | 1.19 | 0.31 | |
Reactive Formation | 4.44(2.57) a | 4.48(1.84) a | 3.78(1.75) a | 4.14(1.64) a | 1.38 | 0.24 | |
Repression | 4.92(1.60) a | 4.75(1.53) a | 4.83(1.48) a | 4.95(1.79) a | 0.24 | 0.86 | |
Conversion | 1.33(.79) a | 1.61(1.11) a | 1.86(1.61) a | 2.25(2.06) b | 6.18 | <0.001 | |
Somatization | 3.42(1.85) a | 3.58(1.93) a | 3.63(1.80) a | 3.92(2.05) a | 0.80 | 0.49 | |
Withdrawal | 3.76(2.24) a | 5.21(2.18) b | 5.86(1.85) b | 6.55(1.60) c | 26.05 | <0.001 |
Different letters indicate significant differences. TAS-20 = Toronto Alexithymia Scale; Factor 1 = Difficulties identifying feelings; Factor 2 = Difficulties describing feelings; Factor 3 = Externally oriented thinking; REM-71 = Response Evaluation Measure-71; Group 1 = Adolescents who have not experienced a motor vehicle collision; Group 2 = Adolescents who have experienced one or two motor vehicle collisions; Group 3 = Adolescents who have experienced three motor vehicle collisions; Group 4 = Adolescents who have experienced four or more motor vehicle collisions. All bold values are statistically significant.