Development and validation of the suicidal behaviours questionnaire - autism spectrum conditions in a community sample of autistic, possibly autistic and non-autistic adults

Table 7 Inter-correlations between all variables in the combined autistic/possibly autistic group, and the non-autistic group

	AQ	CAT-Q	TB	PB	ASA-A	PHQ-9	SBQ-R	SBQ-ASC
Autistic and possibly autistic group
CAT-Q	.233**
TB	.172**	.067
PB	.218**	.193**	.649**
ASA-A	.282**	.453**	.279**	.485**
PHQ-9	.181**	.209**	.568**	.670**	.585**
SBQ-R	.141**	.197**	.441**	.634**	.393**	.573**
SBQ-ASC	.164**	.232**	.384**	.631**	.460**	.545**	.877**
NSSI	.122*	.232**	-.006	.237**	.228**	.172**	.286**	.319**
Non-autistic group
CAT-Q	.659**
TB	.515**	.505**
PB	.393**	.445**	.737**
ASA-A	.578**	.568**	.491**	.483**
PHQ-9	.425**	.402**	.574**	.557**	.607**
SBQ-R	.231**	.298**	.408**	.543**	.356**	.466**
SBQ-ASC	.251**	.312**	.419**	.530**	.398**	.543**	.863**
NSSI	.306**	.259**	.223**	.301**	.312**	.325**	.361**	.411**

AQ = autism spectrum quotient; CAT-Q = camouflaging autistic traits—questionnaire; TB = thwarted belongingness; PB = perceived burdensomeness; ASA-A = autism anxiety scale—adult; PHQ-9 = patient health questionnaire—9 item; SBQ-R = suicide behaviours questionnaire—revised; SBQ-ASC = suicide behaviours questionnaire—autism spectrum conditions; NSSI = non-suicidal self-injury
^**p < .01; * p < .05

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