Understanding Emotion Regulation and Humor Styles in Individuals with Callous-Unemotional Traits and Alexithymic Traits

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Table 1. Descriptive Statistics and Correlations for Study Variables.

	M	SD	α	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1. Callous-Unemotional traits	19.44	8.34	.81	–
2. Alexithymic traits	46.13	13.15	.87	.46**	–
3. Age	27.91	9.64		-.06	-.18**	–
4. Cognitive Reappraisal	28.75	6.92	.84	-.10*	-.17**	.10*	–
5. Expressive Suppression	13.79	5.47	.80	.51**	.46**	-.15**	.06	–
6. Affiliative Humor	44.22	8.85	.87	-.21**	-.18**	-.08	.16**	-.15**	–
7. Self-Enhancing Humor	35.36	9.22	.81	-.06	-.18**	.08	.40**	-.01	.44**	–
8. Aggressive Humor	28.14	8.31	.72	.31**	.10**	-.04	-.08	.08	.14**	.18**	–
9. Self-Defeating Humor	30.33	9.95	.83	.09*	.33**	-.12**	-.07	.26**	.15**	.18**	.34**	–

Note. M = Mean; SD = Standard Deviation; α = Cronbach’s alpha.

*p < .05. **p < .001.

Table 2. Hierarchical Regression Analysis.

	Callous Unemotional Traits						Alexithymic Traits
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Variable	β	ΔR²	β	ΔR²	β	ΔR²	β	ΔR²	β	ΔR²	β	ΔR²
		.10**		.22**		.10**		.03*		.24**		.07**
Age	-.06		.02		.00		-.17**		-.08*		-.07*
Genderª	-.32**		-.21**		-.15**		-.01		.11*		.12*
Cognitive Reappraisal			-.16**		-.13*				-.22**		-.13*
Expressive Suppression			.47**		.45**				.47**		.39**
Affiliative Humor					-.20**						-.13*
Self-Enhancing Humor					.04						-.13*
Aggressive Humor					.29**						.07
Self-Defeating Humor					-.14**						.21**

Note. β = Standardized Beta Coefficient, ΔR² = adjusted R², ^aGender Coded as Male = 1 and Female = 2;.

*p<.05; **p<.001.