T able 1 Correlations among high-school GPA, first-year GPA, and TAS-20 Variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Sample (N = 707) 1. HGPA ­ 2. GPA 0.24** ­ 3. DIF 0.01 0.14** ­ 4. DDF 0.04 0.13** 0.59** ­ 5. EOT 0.07 0.21** 0.24** 0.48** ­ 6. Total TAS 0.05 0.21** 0.80** 0.86** 0.70** ­ Mean 77.67 69.85 13.96 12.13 18.26 44.35 SD 6.14 10.84 5.81 4.68 4.88 12.11 Men (N = 151) 1. HGPA ­ 2. GPA 0.25* ­ 3. DIF 0.07 0.10 ­ 4. DDF 0.02 0.04 0.61** ­ 5. EOT 0.12 0.14 0.27* 0.44** ­ 6. Total TAS 0.01 0.12 0.83** 0.86** 0.68** ­ Mean 76.38 67.66 14.23 13.31 19.56 47.10 SD 6.31 12.47 5.61 4.75 4.44 11.75 Women (N = 556) 1. HGPA ­ 2. GPA 0.23** ­ 3. DIF 0.03 0.16** ­ 4. DDF 0.04 0.15* 0.59** ­ 5. EOT 0.03 0.22** 0.23** 0.48** ­ 6. Total TAS 0.04 0.22** 0.80** 0.86** 0.70** ­ Mean 78.03 70.45 13.89 11.80 17.91 43.60 SD 6.05 10.28 5.86 4.61 4.94 12.12 Note: Sample sizes for correlations in the range 664­707 for the whole sample, 143­151 for men, 521­556 for women. HGPA, high school grade point average; GPA, first year grade point average; TAS, Toronto alexithymia scale total; DIF, difficulty identifying feelings; DDF, difficulty describing feelings; EOT, externally oriented thinking. * p < 0.01. ** p < 0.001. 1262 J.D.A. Parker et al. / Personality and Individual Differences 38 (2005) 1257­1267