Examining correlates of aggression and mediating effect of psychological distress between exposure to media violence and aggression in lebanese adults

Table 3 Bivariate analysis of the continuous variables associated with the aggression scores

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1. Physical aggression	1
2. Verbal aggression	0.36***	1
3. Hostility	0.42***	0.44***	1
4. Anger	0.30***	0.44***	0.57***	1
5. Loneliness	0.21***	0.29***	0.34***	0.51***	1
6. Perceived social competence	− 0.09	− 0.13**	− 0.09	− 0.16**	− 0.11*	1
7. Psychological distress	0.23***	0.29***	0.50***	0.57***	0.60***	− 0.09	1
8. Exposure to media violence	0.23***	0.17**	0.25***	0.25***	0.02	0.06	0.09	1
9. Age	0.05	0.04	− 0.11*	− 0.07	− 0.07	0.12*	− 0.07	− 0.04	1
10. Body Mass Index	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.05	− 0.04	0.07	0.01	− 0.03	0.11*	1
11. Household crowding index	− 0.01	− 0.04	0.02	0.05	0.06	− 0.04	0.14**	− 0.11*	− 0.11*	− 0.07	1
12. Physical activity index	0.09	− 0.04	0.02	− 0.002	− 0.14**	0.10*	− 0.03	0.10*	0.14**	0.05	− 0.09	1

Numbers in the table reflect Pearson correlation coefficients; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001

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