The Relationship between Alexithymia, Anxiety, Depression, and Internet Addiction Severity in a Sample of Italian High School Students
Table 2
Descriptive statistics of alexithymia, Internet addiction, anxiety, and depression test scores by gender.
Total ()
Males ()
Females ()
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
TAS-20
54.99 (11.12)
53.81 (11.18)
56.27 (10.93)
0.007
Identifying feeling
16.47 (5.78)
16.00 (5.47)
16.98 (6.07)
0.037
Expressing feelings
13.33 (3.62)
13.11 (3.66)
13.57 (3.58)
0.126
Externally oriented thinking
25.18 (4.91)
24.69 (5.26)
25.71 (4.45)
0.037
IAT
47.82 (12.36)
48.43 (12.46)
47.17 (12.23)
0.215
Ham-A
3.55 (1.51)
3.43 (0.84)
3.68 (0.91)
0.161
Ham-D
3.45 (1.52)
3.36 (0.87)
3.55 (0.89)
0.303
TAS-20: Toronto Alexithymia Scale, IAT: Internet Addiction Test, Ham-A: Hamilton Anxiety Scale, and Ham-D: Hamilton Depression Scale.
aMultivariate and univariate analyses with GLM.
