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Table 3 Correlations between HL with both physical symptoms and psychological symptoms for participants

From: The association between health literacy and psychosomatic symptoms of adolescents in China: a cross-sectional study

 

Overall HL

PA

IR

SM

SA

HA

DB

Physical symptoms

Psychological symptoms

Overall HL

–

        

PA

0.692***

–

       

IR

0.688***

0.313***

–

      

SM

0.823***

0.448***

0.567***

–

     

SA

0.772***

0.416***

0.346***

0.634***

–

    

HA

0.723***

0.429***

0.314***

0.491***

0.453***

–

   

DB

0.641***

0.336***

0.688***

0.401***

0.354***

0.395***

–

  

Physical symptoms

−0.218***

−0.069***

−0.221***

− 0.202***

− 0.190***

− 0.107***

−0.141***

–

 

Psychological symptoms

−0.287***

− 0.120***

− 0.282***

− 0.241***

−0.271***

− 0.155***

−0.143***

0.518***

–

  1. Overall HL is the mean score of all 31 items in the six subscales: PA is Physical Activity; IR is Interpersonal Relationships; SM is Stress Management; SA is Self-actualization; HA is Health awareness and DB is Dietary behavior.*** P < 0.001