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Table 3 Spearman’s correlations for instruments

From: The role of psychological distress, stigma and coping strategies on help-seeking intentions in a sample of Italian college students

Variable

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1. GHSQ—Suicide thoughts

–

       

2. GHSQ—Emotional or personal problems

0.46a***

–

      

3. PSOSH

–0.14***

–0.07***

–

     

4. SSOSH

–0.40a***

–0.48a***

0.30a***

–

    

5. Brief Cope: Emotion focused strategies

0.15***

0.10***

–0.03

–0.15***

–

   

6. Brief Cope: Problem focused strategies

0.20a***

0.11***

–0.14***

–0.22a***

0.65a***

–

  

7. Brief Cope: Avoidance dysfunctional strategies

0.05

0.11***

0.23a***

0.02

0.33a***

0.13***

–

 

8. USS

–0.02

0.09***

0.29a***

0.01

0.07***

–0.04

0.44a***

–

  1. Due to the large sample size, all the coefficients larger than 0.10 were all significantly different from zero
  2. USS: University Stress Scale; SSOSH: Self-Stigma of Seeking Help scale; PSOSH: Perceptions of Stigmatization by Others for Seeking Help scale; GHSQ: General Help seeking Questionnaire; Brief-COPE: Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced inventory
  3. aWe consider as relevant the correlations with coefficients larger than 0.20
  4. ***p < .001