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Table 4 Paired sample t-Test for retrospective measures of emotion dysregulation and alexithymia

From: Dialectical behavior therapy in autistic adults: effects on ecological subjective and physiological measures of emotion dysregulation

 

Pre DBT

Post DBT

  

M

SD

M

SD

Paired t-test

p-value

DERS

132.0

29.3

83.2

22.5

11.6

<.001

Non-Acceptance

21.7

7.2

12.5

5.2

8.3

<.001

Goals

21.6

4.8

16.5

4.7

5.8

<.001

Impulse

21.2

6.3

12.0

3.9

9.4

<.001

Awareness

20.1

5.3

12.5

4.5

8.6

<.001

Strategies

30.8

7.0

18.6

5.7

9.5

<.001

Clarity

17.0

4.7

11.4

3.7

7.2

<.001

GAFS-8a

31.4

7.5

21.4

4.6

10.7

<.001

  1. DERS Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale scores, GAFS-8 The General Alexithymia Factor Score, M mean, SD standard deviation
  2. a data missing for two participants