Table 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.
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