The Seeking Mental Health Care model: prediction of help-seeking for depressive symptoms by stigma and mental illness representations

Table 2 Correlation matrix for all superordinate, intermediary, and help-seeking process variables

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1. Age	–
2. Gender	.20^**	–
3. Depression severity^a	−.10^**	−.02	–
Help-seeking variables
4. Subjective sense of illness^b	.14^**	.07^**	.40^**	–
5. Self-identification^c	−.06^*	−.13^**	.34^**	.40^**	–
6. Intention	.19^**	.05^*	.07^*	.12^**	.14^**	–
7. Behaviour	.13^**	.03	.09^**	.11^**	.11^**	.36^**	–
Intermediary variables
8. Continuum beliefs	−.13^**	−.12^**	−.09^**	−.09^**	.13^**	−.06^*	−.00	–
9. Depression literacy^d	−.04	−.11^**	.06^*	.06^*	.32^**	−.02	.03	.35^**	–
10. Causal beliefs^e	−.05^*	−.02	.09^**	.03	.18^**	.09^**	−.01	−.12^**	−.04	–
11. Self-efficacy to self-help	.02	.03	−.06^*	−.20^**	−.22^**	.15^**	.05^*	−.02	−.10^**	−.09^**	–
12. Self-efficacy to seek-help	.01	.07^**	−.19^**	−.29^**	−.27^**	.21^**	.07^**	.02	−.07^**	−.12^**	.42^**	–
sSuperordinate variables
13. Stereotype awareness^f	−.18^**	−.01	.16^**	.07^*	.12^**	−.06^*	−.05	.01	.03	.07^**	−.07^**	−.09^**	–
14. Stereotype agreement^g	−.07^**	.08^**	.04	.01	−.19^**	−.02	−.08^**	−.30^**	−.32^**	.18^**	−.02	−.05	.30^**	–
15. Self-stigma of help seeking^h	−.02	.11^**	.09^**	.08^**	−.19^**	−.26^**	−.14^**	−.22^**	−.22^**	.06^*	−.16^**	−.22^**	.08^**	.33^**	–
16. Treatment experience	.12^**	−.06^*	.10^**	.14^**	.37^**	.18^**	.19^**	.08^**	.24^**	.13^**	−.05^*	−.02	.00	−.11^**	−.24^**	–

Pearson & Kendal-Tau correlation coefficients. * p < .05, ** p < .01
^aPatient Health Questionnaire (Depression Sub-Scale) to measure depression severity
^bBrief Illness Perception Questionnaire
^cSelf-identification as having a mental illness Scale
^dDepression Literacy Scale
^eCausal Belief Index representing a balanced BioPsychoSocial Causal Model
^fShort-Form of the Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Questionnaire – Public
^gShort-Form of the Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Questionnaire – Self
^hShort-Form of the Self-Stigma for Seeking Help Questionnaire

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