The Contribution of Alexithymia to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptoms Dimensions: An Investigation in a Large Community Sample in Italy

Table 1

Means (standard deviations) on the BAI, BDI-II, TAS-20, and OCI-R ().

	M (SD)
BAI	11.76 (8.93)
BDI-II	8.97 (7.94)
TAS-20 Total	43.70 (11.47)
TAS-20 DIF	14.59 (5.54)
TAS-20 DDF	12.50 (4.82)
TAS-20 EOT	16.61 (4.69)
OCI-R Total	13.65 (10.66)
OCI-R Washing	1.45 (2.06)
OCI-R Obsessing	2.80 (2.99)
OCI-R Hoarding	2.79 (2.81)
OCI-R Ordering	3.25 (2.99)
OCI-R Checking	2.45 (2.64)
OCI-R Mental Neutralizing	0.87 (1.84)

Note: BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II, BAI = Beck Anxiety Inventory, OCI-R = Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised, TAS-20 = Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20. DIF = Difficulty Identifying Feelings, DDF = Difficulty Describing Feelings, EOT = Externally Oriented Thinking.