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Table 2 Experiment 2: average scores, followed by standard deviation (brackets) and range (italics) for male and female participants on the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ), Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26), Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20 total and subscales), and Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS). The fourth column depicts the number of participants (female/male) who scored above cut-offs on the AQ (cut-off: 26), the EAT-26 (cut-off: 20), or the TAS-20 (cut-off: 61), and below the general population average for the LEAS (31)

From: Alexithymia may explain the relationship between autistic traits and eating disorder psychopathology

 

All participants (n = 300)

Female (n = 237)

Male (n = 63)

Participants scoring at/above cut-offs, or below LEAS average: (f) n/(m) n)

Autistic traits (AQ)

16.7 (7.2), 46

16.4 (6.8), 42

17.8 (8.6), 43

28/7

EAT-26 total

11.7 (12.4), 75

12.7 (13.2), 75

7.8 (7.8), 43

53/15

TAS-20 total

50.2 (12.7), 65

50.1 (12.9), 65

50.5 (12.2), 47

52/4

TAS-20 DDF

14.2 (5), 20

14.2 (5), 20

14.5 (5.1), 19

–

TAS-20 DIF

16.7 (6.7), 26

16.9 (6.9), 26

16.1 (6.1), 22

–

TAS-20 EOT

19.2 (4.1), 24

19 (4.1), 24

19.8 (4.2), 18

–

LEAS

31.8 (3.7), 23

32.0 (3.7), 23

30.8 (3.7), 15

94/33