Table 5.

Correlation matrix among the scales used

	Suicide ideation score	Audit score	TAS score	HAM-D score	Self-esteem score	HAM-A score	PSC score	LSAS	EI
Suicide ideation score	–	0.393*	0.137*	0.507*	−0.271*	0.402*	0.143*	0.121*	−0.318*
Audit score	0.393*	–	0.274*	0.509*	− 0.249*	0.411*	0.165*	0.165*	− 0.312*
TAS score	0.137*	0.274*	–	0.284*	−0.307*	0.349*	0.388*	0.138*	−0.122*
HAM-D score	0.507*	0.509*	0.284*	–	−0.385*	0.668*	0.250*	0.297*	−0.394*
Self-esteem score	−0.271*	−0.249*	− 0.307*	−0.385*	–	− 0.375*	−0.240*	− 0.262*	0.426*
HAM-A score	0.402*	0.411*	0.349*	0.668*	−0.375*	–	0.342*	0.277*	−0.346*
PSC score	0.143*	0.165*	0.388*	0.250*	−0.240*	0.342*	–	0.109*	−0.135*
LSAS	0.121*	0.165*	0.138*	0.297*	−0.262*	0.277*	0.109*	–	−0.248*
EI	−0.318*	−0.312*	0.122*	−0.394*	0.426*	−0.346*	− 0.135*	−0.248*	–

TAS Toronto Alexithymia Scale, HAMD Hamilton depression rating scale (HDRS), HAMA Hamilton anxiety scale, PSC Perceived Stress Scale, LSAS Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, EI Emotional Intelligence total score

Values marked in bold are significant. * p – value less than 0.01