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

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Correlation matrix using Spearman’s ρ; age group 32–38 years; men above the diagonal, women below the diagonal

	HSCL	SOCIAL SUPPORT	SENSE OF COHERENCE	UNORG. ACTIVITIES	ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES	PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
HSCL		0.21**	−0.36**	−0.06	−0.05	0.01
SOCIAL SUPPORT	0.29**		−0.31**	−0.14*	− 0.21**	−0.07
SENSE OF COHERENCE	−0.51**	−0.33**		0.07	0.07	0.11
UNORG. ACTIVITIES	−0.13**	−0.21**	0.11*		0.29**	0.18**
ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES	−0.08	−0.13*	0.02	0.25**		0.17**
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY	−0.04	−0.13*	0.05	0.31**	0.14**

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