Research Article

Role of Alexithymia, Anxiety, and Depression in Predicting Self-Efficacy in Academic Students

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and psychological variable of the sample study.

Age (mean, SD)21.03 (4.84)
Level of education (, %)
 Doctoral degree70 (53.6)
 Bachelor Science63 (46.4)
Mothers education (years)
 ≤1285 (63.1)
 >1248 (36.9)
Fathers education (years)
 ≤1265 (48.1)
 >1268 (51.9)
Number of passed semester (, %)
 ≤470 (53.6)
 >463 (46.4)
Self-efficacy (mean, SD)104.72 (23.24)
Depression symptoms (mean, SD)13.65 (6.37)
Anxiety symptoms (mean, SD)12.26 (5.37)
Difficulty in identifying feelings (mean, SD)17.98 (5.06)
Difficulty in describing feelings (mean, SD)13.39 (3.54)
Externally oriented thinking (mean, SD)21.41 (3.20)
Total marks of alexithymia (mean, SD)52.79 (9.02)

Ranges of scores. Self-efficacy: 33–165; depression symptoms: 0–28; anxiety symptoms: 0–28; difficulty identifying feelings: 1–35; difficulty describing feelings: 1–25; externally-oriented thinking: 1–40; total alexithymia: 1–100.