TABLE 2.
Pre‐post analyses for both alexithymia sub‐samples.
| A− (n = 19) | A+ (n = 48) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCL‐90R | Pre | Post | t (p) | d | Pre | Post | t (p) | d |
| GSI | 1.52 (0.69) | 1.16 (0.62) | 2.582 (0.019) | 0.549 | 1.71 (0.72) | 1.24 (0.70) | 4.487 (<0.001) | 0.662 |
| DEP | 2.14 (0.70) | 1.61 (0.81) | 1.956 (0.086) | 0.700 | 2.31 (0.99) | 1.61 (0.81) | 3.777 (0.001) | 0.774 |
| ANX | 1.84 (1.10) | 1.27 (0.86) | 2.312 (0.050) | 0.577 | 1.88 (1.09) | 1.28 (0.95) | 3.342 (0.003) | 0.587 |
| EDE‐Q global score | 2.90 (1.36) | 2.00 (0.96) | 2.518 (0.010) | 0.739 | 3.93 (1.43) | 2.79 (1.47) | 5.858 (<0.001) | 0.786 |
| DERS total | 93.74 (26.30) | 64.58 (48.22) | 2.919 (0.009) | 0.751 | 124.81 (27.53) | 71.81 (56.10) | 6.538 (<0.001) | 1.199 |
| DES‐II total score | 12.70 (11.20) | 10.10 (7.15) | 0.991 (0.360) | 0.277 | 20.23 (14.74) | 13.91 (15.44) | 1.978 (0.065) | 0.419 |
| TAS‐20 total score | 55.07 (5.32) | 51.07 (7.41) | 1.247 (0.233) | 0.631 | 74.77 (7.41) | 67.74 (9.18) | 5.665 (<0.001) | 0.843 |
Note: Means and standard deviations in brackets. Significant differences were reported with bold characters.
Abbreviations: ANX, anxiety; A+/−, patient subgroups with/without alexithymia symptomatology according to the cut‐off score of 61 points; d, Cohen's d; DEP, depression; DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DES‐II, dissociative experience scale; GSI, global severity index; EDE‐Q, eating disorder examination questionnaire; SCL‐90R, Symptom Checklist‐90‐Revised; TAS‐20, Toronto Alexithymia Scale.