Table 2.

Correlations between the variables self-reported emotional awareness, anxiety/depression, positive and negative affect and alexithymia

	ECQ-ES	ECQ-EO	HADS	PANAS-pos	PANAS-neg
ECQ-EO	.45**
HADS	−.53**	.16
PANAS-pos	.57**	.07	−.66**
PANAS-neg	−.57**	−.03	.79**	−.61**
TAS-26	−.76**	−.37**	.49**	−.47**	.53**

ECQ Emotional Competence Questionnaire, ES emotion self, EO emotion other, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, PANAS Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, neg negative emotions, pos positive emotions, TAS-26 Toronto Alexithymia Scale

**p < 0.01