Psychosocial Predictors of Bruxism

Table 1

Descriptive statistics.

Variable	Min	Max	M	SD	α	Shapiro-Wilk test
						W
Total alexithymia	25	71	48.59	12.59	0.85	0.96	0.105
Difficulty describing feelings	5	23	13.67	4.87	0.80	0.95	0.066
Difficulty identifying feelings	7	29	16.67	6.34	0.79	0.94	0.020
Externally oriented thinking	9	29	180.26	4.41	0.32	0.98	0.456
Total emotional processing	0	7.36	3.35	1.51	0.92	0.98	0.686
Suppression	0	7.8	3.38	2.08	0.89	0.97	0.313
Unprocessed	0	9.0	4.50	2.21	0.88	0.97	0.533
Controllability	0	6.4	3.26	1.59	0.68	0.97	0.356
Avoidance	0	6.4	3.41	1.69	0.64	0.95	0.043
Experience	0	7.80	2.19	1.67	0.80	0.93	0.012
Total perceived stress	14	31	22.92	3.85	0.87	0.98	0.782
Perceived helplessness	1	19	10.58	4.28	0.87	0.96	0.178
Perceived self-efficacy	5	16	10.31	2.74	0.69	0.97	0.330
State anxiety	22	58	38.05	9.24	0.92	0.92	0.005
Trait anxiety	25	66	41.98	9.64	0.91	0.95	0.037