Table 2.

Correlations among study variables and continuous depression.

	Depression	Stigma	Loneliness	Disease-specific stressors	Illness intrusiveness	Optimism	Self-efficacy	Social support
Depression	1	0.361**	0.580**	0.533**	0.531**	−0.578**	−0.379**	−0.405**
Stigma	–	1	0.463**	0.421**	0.369**	−0.249*	−0.200	−0.251**
Loneliness	–	–	1	0.354**	0.314**	−0.346**	−0.263**	−0.516**
Disease-specific stressors	–	–	–	1	0.470**	−0.564**	−0.502**	−0.173*
Illness intrusiveness	–	–	–	–	1	−0.225**	−0.114**	−0.008
Optimism	–	–	–	–	–	1	0.428**	0.157*
Self-efficacy	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0.213*
Social support	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
M	27.73	23.16	7.01	45.86	78.16	17.89	21.28	64.53
SD	11.75	6.66	1.72	12.80	14.68	5.04	11.15	18.02
α	0.91	0.89	0.76	0.79	0.82	0.82	0.80	0.96

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.01.