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.

	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

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.