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Table 5 Mean, standard deviations, and correlations between help-seeking strategies, acculturation orientation and demographic characteristics

From: Immigration, acculturation, and preferred help-seeking sources for depression: comparison of five ethnic groups

 

M

SD

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Help-seeking

 1.Traditional

1.80

0.96

.84

       

 2. Informal

4.00

1.10

.26**

.71

      

 3.Semiformal

2.30

1.01

.31**

.20**

.60

     

 4. Formal

3.46

1.40

.08*

.14**

.22**

.61

    

Acculturationa

 5. Maintenance

6.57

1.70

.27**

.31**

.06

.05

.90

   

 6. Adoption

5.60

1.70

−.06

.05

.16**

.14**

.19**

.90

  

Demographic

 7. Genderb

30.80

9.30

−.09*

.03

−.01

.14**

.02

.05

  

 8. Age

2.77

1.30

.06

−.10**

−.00

.02

−.03

−.07

.05

 

 9. Higher education

1.70

0.46

−.18**

−.00

.01

−.04

−.05

.22**

.07

.24**

  1. Note. The coefficients on the diagonal in bold are the Cronbach’s alpha of each scale
  2. aOnly immigrant sample (n = 452). b1 = male, 2 = female
  3. * p ≤ .05, ** p ≤ 0.01 (2-tailed)
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