Social exclusion, thwarted belongingness, and perceived burdensomeness: construct validity and psychometric properties of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire among patients with sexually transmitted infections in Shanghai, China

Table 4 Descriptive statistics for psychosocial factors and relationships with interpersonal needs

Psychosocial factors	Mean	Median	SD	Range	Skew	Kurtosis	SE	Interpersonal need
Psychosocial factors	Mean	Median	SD	Range	Skew	Kurtosis	SE	TB	PB	SE
Interpersonal need	36.33	35.00	14.63	81.00	0.40	− 0.43	0.49	0.838**	0.653**	0.595**
TB	19.96	19.00	9.92	36.00	0.47	− 0.58	0.33	1.000	0.272**	0.238**
PB	9.75	6.00	6.35	36.00	2.24	5.54	0.21	0.272**	1.000	0.546**
SE	6.63	5.00	4.23	18.00	1.16	0.68	0.14	0.238**	0.546**	1.000
Perceived Social support	63.48	69.00	14.67	72.00	− 1.03	1.22	0.49	− 0.410**	− 0.269**	− 0.260**
Significant others	21.62	24.00	5.69	24.00	− 1.12	0.84	0.19	− 0.373**	− 0.213**	− 0.216**
Family	22.45	24.00	4.96	24.00	− 1.21	1.82	0.16	− 0.378**	− 0.254**	− 0.249**
Friends	21.41	23.00	5.67	24.00	− 1.02	0.74	0.19	− 0.393**	− 0.235**	− 0.234**
Loneliness	14.72	14.00	4.88	24.00	0.53	− 0.22	0.16	0.498**	0.403**	0.435**
Depression	6.19	5.00	5.39	27.00	1.38	2.50	0.18	0.236**	0.369**	0.324**
Self-esteem	29.80	29.00	4.64	28.00	0.27	0.18	0.15	− 0.412**	− 0.435**	− 0.369**
Self-competence	15.05	15.00	2.56	15.00	− 0.02	0.49	0.08	− 0.387**	− 0.399**	− 0.346**
Self-liking	14.57	15.00	2.52	15.00	0.16	0.23	0.08	− 0.359**	− 0.389**	− 0.310**
Entrapment	12.12	7.50	13.30	64.00	1.18	1.02	0.44	0.285**	0.441**	0.404**
External	7.75	5.00	8.36	40.00	1.16	1.01	0.28	0.294**	0.426**	0.395**
Internal	4.37	2.00	5.33	24.00	1.26	1.02	0.18	0.242**	0.438**	0.387**
Defeat	16.50	14.00	11.15	60.00	0.89	0.42	0.37	0.434**	0.509**	0.463**

TB = Thwarted belongingness, PB = Perceived burdensomeness, SE = Social exclusion
**p < 0.01

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