Research Article
The Relationship between Alexithymia, Anxiety, Depression, and Internet Addiction Severity in a Sample of Italian High School Students
Table 3
Descriptive statistics of internet addiction test scores by alexithymia.
| | | Total () | Nonalexithymic individuals () | Alexithymic individuals () | | | | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) |
| | IAT | 47.82 (12.36) | 46.93 (11.75) | 52.30 (14.26) | <0.000 | | Compromised social quality of life | 16.03 (4.47) | 15.75 (4.26) | 17.43 (5.17) | 0.001 | | Compromised individual quality of life | 30.29 (3.32) | 30.14 (3.26) | 31.06 (3.54) | 0.012 | | Compensatory usage of the Internet | 7.25 (2.68) | 7.08 (2.59) | 8.11 (2.98) | <0.000 | | Compromised academic/working careers | 2.62 (1.26) | 2.57 (1.26) | 2.90 (1.25) | 0.017 | | Compromised time control | 4.88 (1.83) | 4.75 (1.73) | 5.56 (2.13) | <0.000 | | Excitatory usage of the Internet | 4.41 (1.97) | 4.34 (1.83) | 4.76 (2.01) | 0.052 |
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TAS-20: Toronto Alexithymia Scale and IAT: Internet Addiction Test.
aMultivariate analysis with GLM.
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