Table 5 Correlations between the 15-item Emotional Processing Scale (and subscales) with Alexithymia (TAS-20), anxiety (GAD-7), and depression (PHQ-9 (N = 74)28.

From: Psychometric properties of the emotional processing scale in individuals with psychiatric symptoms and the development of a brief 15-item version

 

EPS-15 total

Avoidance

Suppression

Impoverished emotional experience

Signs of unprocessed emotions

Unregulated emotions

TAS-20

Total

0.34**

0.24*

0.39***

0.41***

0.13

0.13

Describing feelings

0.30*

0.23

0.45***

0.30**

0.09

0.05

Identifying feelings

0.47***

0.31**

0.35 **

0.46***

0.33**

0.30**

Externally oriented thinking

− 0.04

− 0.03

0.09

0.13

− 0.19

− 0.11

GAD-7

0.57***

0.50***

0.29*

0.34**

0.49***

0.47***

PHQ-9

0.25*

0.27*

0.32**

0.19

0.08

0.07

  1. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.
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