Table 3.

Pearson correlations between VITA and external measures and descriptive statistics.

VITA subscale						Descriptive statistics
	Shame	Guilt	Terror	Fear	Total scale	a	M	SD
DERS	0.242**	0.315**	0.303**	0.043	0.252**	0.86	80.95	22.25
Non-accept	0.338**	0.313**	0.305**	0.062	0.346**	0.89	14.91	6.20
Goals	0.401**	0.285**	0.386**	0.117	0.346**	0.85	5.54	2.44
Impulse	0.262**	0.187*	0.252**	0.097	0.202*	0.85	14.72	5.56
Awareness	-0.132	-0.059	-0.041	-0.097	-0.096	0.81	11.20	4.2
Strategies	0.239**	0.158	0.194*	-0.025	-0.066	0.82	15.63	4.74
Clarity	-0.004	-0.75	0.004	-0.021	0.147	0.84	19.11	6.36
IES	0.550**	0.328**	0.534**	0.327**	0.575**	0.93	34.24	12.6
Intrusion	0.510**	0.349**	0.508**	0.294**	0.544**	0.92	15.76	6.61
Avoidance	0.499**	0.258**	0.486**	0.324**	0.520**	0.89	18.27	7.11
OAS	0.349**	0.461**	0.331**	0.120	0.382**	0.94	41.44	16.19
Inferiority	0.317**	0.435**	0.284**	0.077	0.332**	0.92	17.83	7.93
Emptiness	0.292**	0.334**	0.315**	0.143	0.337**	0.83	8.67	4.13
Mistake	0.327**	0.450**	0.314**	0.128	0.367**	0.86	14.95	5.80
COPE-NVI 25	0.144	0.232**	0.122	0.122	0.144	0.85	86.38	17.19
Avoidance strategies	0.228**	0.267**	0.232**	0.059	0.231**	0.76	12.84	5.056
Transcendent orientation	-0.005	0.041	-0.030	-0.076	-0.037	0.96	8.55	6.17
Positive attitude	0.178*	0.231**	0.102	0.096	0.206*	0.80	24.40	6.193
Social support	0.054	0.062	-0.020	0.070	-0.034	0.94	20.46	6.47
Problem orientation	0.035	0.027	0.091	0.204*	0.046	0.83	20.08	5.41
TDI	0.348**	0.365**	0.202	0.062	0.280*	0.95	40.72	16.13

^∗∗p < 0.01; ^∗p < 0.05.