Table 3.

Role of childhood maltreatment and alexithymia in somatic symptoms.

Variable	B	SE	β	t	p
Overall Model						R2 = .28**
Gender identity	3.16	0.47	0.28	6.66	<0.001
Ethnicity	1.92	0.65	0.13	2.95	0.003
Sexual orientation	−0.05	0.66	0.00	−0.08	0.94
Employment status	0.68	0.41	0.07	1.66	0.10
Childhood maltreatment	0.10	0.02	0.26	5.58	<0.001
Alexithymia	0.04	0.01	0.23	5.17	<0.001
Expanded Model						R2 = .29**
Gender identity	2.92	0.49	0.26	5.94	<0.001
Ethnicity	1.89	0.67	0.12	2.82	0.005
Sexual orientation	−0.14	0.68	−0.01	−0.21	0.84
Employment status	0.61	0.41	0.06	1.49	0.14
Emotional abuse	0.27	0.07	0.27	3.69	<0.001
Physical abuse	0.07	0.11	0.04	0.67	0.50
Sexual abuse	−0.01	0.07	−0.01	−0.17	0.86
Emotional neglect	0.00	0.09	0.00	−0.04	0.97
Physical neglect	0.01	0.10	0.00	0.06	0.95
Minimization/denial	0.01	0.10	0.01	0.07	0.94
Difficulty identifying feelings	0.05	0.04	0.12	1.35	0.18
Difficulty describing feelings	0.07	0.04	0.16	1.64	0.10
Externally oriented thinking	−0.02	0.03	−0.05	−0.77	0.44

Note:

^**p < .01. Final models reported with all steps. Emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional neglect, physical neglect, and minimization/denial are subscales of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Difficulty identifying feelings, difficulty describing feelings, and externally oriented thinking are subscales of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ).