Mental distress among young adults – gender differences in the role of social support

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Correlation matrix using Spearman’s ρ; age group 18–24 years; men above the diagonal, women below the diagonal

	HSCL	SOCIAL SUPPORT	SENSE OF COHERENCE	UNORG. ACTIVITIES	ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES	PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
HSCL		0.23**	−0.35**	− 0.15*	− 0.07	−0.09
SOCIAL SUPPORT	0.41**		−0.24**	−0.20**	− 0.03	−0.24**
SENSE OF COHERENCE	−0.40**	−0.42**		0.22**	0.06	0.07
UNORG. ACTIVITIES	−0.19**	−0.38**	0.24**		0.24**	0.27**
ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES	−0.06	−0.19**	0.02	0.13*		0.21**
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY	−0.11*	−0.15**	0.14*	0.16**	0.17**

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