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

Table 2

Bivariate correlations between OCI-R subscales and TAS-20 ().

	OCI-R Total	OCI-R Hoarding	OCI-R Checking	OCI-R Ordering	OCI-R Neutralizing	OCI-R Washing	OCI-R Obsessing
TAS-20 Total	.44	.33	.29	.30	.17	.23	.43
TAS-20 DIF	.49	.36	.34	.29	.18	.25	.56
TAS-20 DDF	.32	.26	.20	.24	.06	.18	.31
TAS-20 EOT	.16	.10	.11	.16	.13	.09	.07

Note: OCI-R = Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised, TAS-20 = Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20. DIF = Difficulty Identifying Feelings, DDF = Difficulty Describing Feelings, EOT = Externally Oriented Thinking.
(2-tail).