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Table 4 Correlations between alexithymia scales and affective priming scores based on happy, angry, and fearful facial expressions

From: Alexithymia and automatic processing of facial emotions: behavioral and neural findings

 

Prime condition

Happy

Angry

Fearful

TAS-20 total

0.19

− 0.30*

− 0.18

TAS-DIF

0.22

− 0.23

− 0.28

TAS-DDF

0.18

− 0.27

− 0.21

TAS-EOT

0.07

− 0.21

0.04

BVAQ total

0.03

− 0.35*

− 0.17

Identifying

0.25

− 0.29*

− 0.34*

Verbalizing

0.07

− 0.26

− 0.14

Analyzing

0.03

− 0.36*

− 0.07

Emotionalizing

− 0.21

− 0.05

0.01

Fantasizing

− 0.01

− 0.29*

− 0.09

TSIA total

− 0.22

− 0.11

− 0.02

TSIA-DIF

− 0.01

− 0.09

− 0.15

TSIA-DDF

− 0.10

− 0.11

− 0.08

TSIA-EOT

− 0.22

− 0.12

0.02

TSIA-IMP

− 0.38**

− 0.04

0.09

  1. * Significant at p < 0.05 (two-tailed), ** significant at p < 0.01 (two-tailed)
  2. N = 49. TAS-20 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale, DIF difficulties identifying feelings, DDF difficulties describing feelings, EOT externally oriented thinking, BVAQ Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire, TSIA Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia, IMP imaginal processes