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Table 6 Correlation between MSPSS and GHQ-12 for ALL college students (N = 10,676)

From: Socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyles, social support quality and mental health in college students: a cross-sectional study

Variables

SSQ

Subscale-family

Subscale-friends

Subscale-significant others

Mental health problems

SSQ

1.000

    

Subscale-family

0.780

1.000

   

Subscale-friends

0.782

0.586

1.000

  

Subscale-significant others

0.836

0.656

0.717

1.000

 

Mental health problem

-0.182

-0.182

-0.167

-0.157

1.000

  1. MSPSS Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, GHQ General health questionnaire, SSQ Social support quality
  2. All correlation coefficients were statistically significant at the 0.01 level