Shitsu-taikan-sho (alexisomia): a historical review and its clinical importance

Table 3 Correlation between STSS total and subscale scores and TAS-20 total and subscale scores (cited from [11])

	TAS-20 Difficulty identifying feelings	Difficulty describing feelings	External oriented thinking	Total
STSS
1. Difficulty of identifying bodily feelings	0.45***	0.21**	0.19**	0.43***
2. Over-adaptation	0.28***	0.11	0.09	0.25***
3. Lack of health management based on bodily feelings	0.17*	0.19**	0.14	0.24**
Total	0.44***	0.24**	0.20**	0.45***

The strongest correlation was found between the STSS difficulty identifying bodily feelings subscale and TAS-20 difficulty identifying feeling subscale. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05

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