Alexithymic characteristics in pediatric patients with primary headache: a comparison between migraine and tension-type headache

Table 3 Mother-child correlations in the alexithymic scores

	Total	F1	F2	F3
	r (p)	r (p)	r (p)	r (p)
M patients and their mothers (n = 39)	.44** (<.01)	.39* (.01)	.36* (.02)	.07 (.66)
TTH patients and their mothers (n = 47)	.27 (.06)	.29 (.05)*	.09 (.54)	.03 (.83)
Controls and their mothers (N = 32)	.38* (.03)	.17 (.34)	.18 (.33)	.24 (.19)

Alexithymic scores obtained using the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children for patients and controls and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale for their mothers, Total score, F1 difficulty identifying feelings, F2 difficulty describing feelings, F3 externally oriented thinking
M migraine, TTH tension-type headache
*p < .05 **p < .01

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