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Table 2 Correlations, means and standard deviations among the study variables

From: Life changes and depressive symptoms: the effects of valence and amount of change

Variable

M

SD

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1. Gender (0 = girls, 1 = boys)

.49

.50

         

2. T3 Age (years)

16.29

0.72

.01

        

3. T2 depr. symptomsa

3.57

3.38

-.17**

-.02

       

4. Amount of changeb

2.12

1.65

-.08**

-.04

.11**

      

5. Valencec

1.08

1.29

.01

-.07**

-.02

.53**

     

6. T2 C-a symptoms

1.40

1.91

-.17**

-.01

.78**

.10**

-.03

    

7. T2 N-s symptoms

2.02

1.94

-.14**

-.03

.88**

.10**

-.02

.46**

   

8. T3 C-a symptoms

1.30

1.90

-.21**

-.00

.39**

.15**

-.10**

.42**

.29**

  

9. T3 N-s symptoms

2.32

2.06

-.18**

.04

.45**

.16**

-.03

.32**

.46**

.45**

 

10. T3: depr. symptomsa

3.81

3.50

-.21**

.04

.50**

.18**

-.06*

.42**

.45**

.75**

.89**

  1. Note. M = mean, SD = standard deviation, depr = depressive, C-a = Cognitive-affective symptoms, N-s = Neurovegetative-somatic symptoms.
  2. aSum score of total depressive symptoms. bAmount of change: sum score of negative and positive life changes. cDifference between number of positive life changes and number of negative life changes.
  3. *p < .05. **p < .01.